Paper Title

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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Registration ID: IJNRD_212180

Published ID: IJNRD2401085

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Authors

Khalifa A. A. Fatnasa , Hajer B.M. Elburki , Abdulhamed M. Alkout , Omer Elahmer

Keywords

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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"The main types of bacteria causing meningitis in children, infants and the role of the breast feeding to reduce meningitis in Tripoli-Libya", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.a734-a739, January-2024, Available :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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