| incidence and etiological agents of bacterial meningitis among children <5 years of age in two districts of romania. | to expand upon the limited comprehensive population-based data for childhood bacterial meningitis in eastern europe, the present study was conducted in the iasi and constanta districts of romania. from march 2000 through march 2002, children <5 years of age hospitalized for bacterial meningitis were enrolled in a prospective surveillance study. a total of 56 cases of bacterial meningitis were identified, including 37 due to neisseria meningitidis (22 per 100,000 per year), 13 due to haemophilus ... | 2004 | 15257444 |