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Acute Bacterial Meningitis Beyond the Neonatal Period
Etiologic Agents and Epidemiology Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae In otherwise healthy children, the three most common organisms causing hematogenously acquired acute bacterial meningitis worldwide are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Previously, Hib…