Meningitis: Bacterial (pyogenic)
•Children < 5 years of age
•Fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, Kernig sign
•May result in cranial nerve palsy & hydrocephalus
•Etiologic
–Newborn: Gr. B streptococci
–1m-9y: H. influenzae
–10-60y: S. pneumoniae & N. meningitidis