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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1990 36(2):63-65; doi:10.1093/tropej/36.2.63
© 1990 by Oxford University Press
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Bacterial Meningitis in the Newborn: A Kuwaiti Experience

M. Zaki, MRCPI, A. S. Daoud, MRCP, Q. Al Saleh, MRCPI and M. M. Abd Al Rasool, DCH

Correspondence: Dr M. Zaki, P.O. Box 25850, Safat, Code 13119, Kuwait.

Forty-five neonates with bacterial meningitis admitted to a regional hospital in Kuwait over a 5-year period are reported. The attack rate was 6.7/10000 live births. Listeria monocytogenes was the most common bacteria isolated (31 per cent), followed by Streptococcus agalactiae (15 per cent), and Escherichia coli (11 per cent). Gram negative pathogens constituted 38 per cent of the total. Ten patients died (22 per cent) and 10 (28 per cent of the survivors) developed severe neurological sequelae.


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