A VERY RARE FORM OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS: A CASE REPORT

Ntroduction: bacterial meningitis is a very serious fatal disease caused by various microorganisms including bacterial agents. bacterial meningitis is associated with a very high rate of mortality and morbidity in children and infants. early prompt diagnosis decreases this rate to about 2-5%. most fatalities occur in pneumococcal meningitis. severe neurological disabilities occur in 10-20% of the cases. deafness is seen in 50% of the patients (30% pneumococcal meningitis, 10% meningococcal and 5-20% in h. influenza type bmeningitis). unfortunately 30% of newborn succumb to death as a result of this disease (1-4).