Emerging Pathogens in Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis
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The incidence of neonatal meningitis is difficult to accurately determine because of testing limitations. The incidence of bacterial meningitis is approximately 0.3 per 1000 live births in industrialized countries (Davies & Rudd, 1994). A recent study of neonatal infections in Asia (collecting data from China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Kuwait, and Thailand), reported estimated incidence of neonatal meningitis from 0.48 per 1000 live births in Hong Kong to 2.4 per 1000 live births in Kuwait (Tiskumara et al., 2009). Another recent publication that looked at neonatal infections in Africa and South Asia found an incidence of neonatal meningitis ranging from 0.8 to 6.1 per 1000 live births (Thaver et al., 2009).
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