Childhood meningitis in Kuwait: epidemiology of etiologic agents and the need for pneumococcal disease prevention.

Objective: To investigate the epidemiology of the etiologic agents causing bacterial meningitis in Kuwait.

Subjects And Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of the medical records of children 1 month to 12 years old who had cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings consistent with meningitis. Patients were identified from the records of the Departments of Microbiology and Communicable Diseases in six regional hospitals during 2001.