[Acute bacterial meningitis with soluble antigen detected by latex particle agglutination tests at the Sourô-Sanou University Hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)].

Introduction: Acute bacterial meningitis constitutes a major public health problem in Burkina Faso, in part because of its high lethality rate, estimated in 2004 at 17.5%. Failure to confirm suspected cases of meningitis results in overestimating reported cases and incorrectly treating false positives.