| pubmed-article:6341941 | pubmed:abstractText | Haemophilus influenzae meningitis are frequent in Africa in infants between 6 months and two years of age. Type b is observed in 97% of cases. In Dakar, 2% of strains are resistant to ampicillin and 0% to chloramphenicol. Lethality is about 30% and sequellae are very frequent. Prognosis can be predicted by a cotation scale including consciousness, tonus, seizures, nutritional status, delay before treatment and initial bacterial antigen level in CSF. | lld:pubmed |
