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The main types of bacteria causing meningitis in children, infants and the role of the breast feeding to reduce meningitis in Tripoli-Libya
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Khalifa A. A. Fatnasa , Hajer B.M. Elburki , Abdulhamed M. Alkout , Omer Elahmer
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Meningitis. infection. Infants. Breast feeding. Bacteria. Virus. fungus.
Abstract
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid of spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain, it is a life-threatening illness beyond the neonatal period, childhood, or at any time of age, the most cases are due to infection with viruses, bacteria, fungus, and the parasites being the next most common causes, it may also result from various non-infectious causes. The study was carried out over a 12-months period, and there were 360 children with a presumptive diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis. The study shows that the incidence of acute bacterial meningitis was 3.6%, Children of one year of age were more affected by the infection 3.05%, the rest of infected children is above one year age, the total of child male to child female ratio was 1.2:1. From the total studied cases 96 % shows no infection with meningitis, the incidence of Streptococcus pneumonia is (29%) which make it the predominant organism identified, followed by Neisseria meningitidis (22%), followed by Haemophilus influenza and Enterobacter sakazakii (14%) respectively, and followed by Pseudomonas aeroginosa (7%).
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Khalifa A. A. Fatnasa, Hajer B.M. Elburki, Abdulhamed M. Alkout, & Omer Elahmer (January-2024). The main types of bacteria causing meningitis in children, infants and the role of the breast feeding to reduce meningitis in Tripoli-Libya. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(1), a734-a739. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2401085.pdf
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Volume 9 Issue 1, January-2024
Pages : a734-a739
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Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_212180
Published Paper Id: IJNRD2401085
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Research Area: Medical Science
Country: tripoli, tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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