Commonest organism causing meningitis in a 1- year-old child is
A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
B. Haemophilus injluenzae
C. Listeria monocytogenes
D. Neisseria meningitis
Answer B (Haemophilus influenzae)
• H. influence is the most common organism for causing meningitis in India in a 1 -year-old child.
• Causative organisms from 3 months to 2 years are H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and N. Meningitis.
• H. influenza vaccination is recommended by TAP but is not under universal or expanded program on
immunization therefore only parents who can afford this vaccine are vaccinating their children.
A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
B. Haemophilus injluenzae
C. Listeria monocytogenes
D. Neisseria meningitis
Answer B (Haemophilus influenzae)
• H. influence is the most common organism for causing meningitis in India in a 1 -year-old child.
• Causative organisms from 3 months to 2 years are H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and N. Meningitis.
• H. influenza vaccination is recommended by TAP but is not under universal or expanded program on
immunization therefore only parents who can afford this vaccine are vaccinating their children.
