Organism causing meningitis between 6 m and 2 yrs.
Correct Answer: H influenza
Description: (A) H. influenzae # Meningitis:> Most serious disease produced by H. influenzae with case fatality rates up to 90 per cent in the untreated.> Bacilli reach the meninges from the nasopharynx through the bloodstream.> More common in children between two months and three years of age.> Age incidence has been correlated with the absence of bactericidal anti-PRP antibodies.> Older children develop immunity as a result of subclinical infection.> It has been reported that in the tropics, non-type b strains may be responsible for meningitis more often than in the temperate zones.
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