[First results of bacteriologic study of strains of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from meningitis in the Abidjan University Hospital Center (Ivory Coast)].

Biovars and serovars of 132 Haemophilus influenzae isolated from cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) in Treichville hospital during a period of October 1986 to July 1988 were studied. Usual distribution was not found: biovar IV was first met (49.2%) followed by biovars I (28.8%), III (14.4%), II (6.1%) and V (1.5%). Strains belong to serovar b in 88% of cases.