| the changing epidemiology of bacterial meningitis and invasive non-meningitic bacterial disease in scotland during the period 1983-99. | we reviewed population-based laboratory reports of invasive meningococcal, pneumococcal, haemophilus influenzae, group b streptococcus (gbs) and listeria monocytogenes isolates in order to examine the changing epidemiology of meningitis and invasive non-meningitic disease (inmd) caused by these 5 pathogens in the 2 periods before (1983-91) and after (1992-99) routine use of h. influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (hib) in scotland. neissieria meningitidis was the most common cause of meningitis, ... | 2002 | 12064693 |