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marinebeauty · Credits: 2961 My Scrapbook

Hi
CAn anyone tell me which is the MC organism to cause meningitis in 2months to 3 yrs child.
H infuenza or pneumococcus.
I am confused cause every book has diff ans.

aadit · Credits: 1720 My Scrapbook

ans is h.influenza in this age group

mukhtar · Credits: 278 My Scrapbook

because of introduction of h.influenza vaccine at present most common organism is pneumococcus

decembermist · Credits: 41201 My Scrapbook

satvik wat do u say abt this !!!

drpsg · Credits: 6208 My Scrapbook

YA IT IS H INFULENZAE READ LINES FROM HARII IN H INFLUENZAE

SATVIK · Credits: 958 My Scrapbook

i cant go for any one answer but i would like to tell u something. as mukhtar has said already that becoz of introduction of vaccine the incidence of H.influenzae infection has come down. infact now the most common cause for eppiglotitis is streptococcus and not H.infl....
but again these stats r in rel to western world.
i feel like leaving it unanswered.

parin · Credits: 14640 My Scrapbook My Reading List 1 Books

This type of questions should be left unanswered in exams..

Agree that H. influenzae has charcteristic of infecting b/w 3 months to 3 years, but whether it is the most common among all organisms in this group is always controversial..

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