| [vaccination against haemophilus influenzae b and rubella]. | haemophilus influenzae b was the most frequent pathogen of bacterial meningitis in childhood during the mid-eighties to the end of the eighties of the present century, taking the place of meningococci since approximately 1984 at about twice the rate of that pathogen, as shown by the records kept during 1980-1990 in bavarian departments of paediatrics. in fact, in 1990 the incidence of hib meningitides was about 2.5 times that of meningococcus meningitides (85 vs. 34, respectively). for practical ... | 1992 | 1450535 |