Williamson M, Murti P K
Department of Microbiology, T.N. Medical College, Bombay.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 1990 Apr;33(2):157-60.
There was an increase in incidence of meningitis in children within the last three years at the Bai Yamunabai Laxman Rao Nair Charitable Hospital in Bombay. Out of 270 purulent samples, 60 (22.22 percent) were culture positive. Neisseria meningitidis showed an increase from one case in 1985 to 11 cases by the end of 1987. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 6 percent cases, Streptococcus pneumoniae 15 percent, and Gram negative bacilli were predominant, isolation rate being 57 percent. Salmonella species were isolated from 6 (10 percent) cases. They were multidrug resistant type, some belonging to the rare zoonotic species.
孟买的拜亚穆纳巴伊·拉克什曼·拉奥·奈尔慈善医院过去三年里儿童脑膜炎发病率有所上升。在270份脓性样本中，60份（22.22%）培养呈阳性。脑膜炎奈瑟菌从1985年的1例增加到1987年底的11例。6%的病例分离出金黄色葡萄球菌，15%分离出肺炎链球菌，革兰氏阴性杆菌占主导，分离率为57%。6例（10%）分离出沙门氏菌属。它们是多重耐药型，有些属于罕见的人畜共患病物种。
