Bacterial meningitis is an infectious disease, with potentially fatal outcome, where the main event reflects inflammation of soft meninges and associated phenomena on the other structures of the central nervous system. Despite the use of powerful antibiotics and other drugs and therapeutical measurements, the number of diseased, as well as the mortality from this suerious disease, are not changed for years. The most common pathogens of bacterial meningitis in children age are H.influenzae, S.pneumoniae and N. meningitidis. Other significant causes are Streptococcus B, E.colli, L.monocytogenes, Salmonella, Pseudomonas and other Gram-negative bacteria. Our research included 120 children sufferin from bacterial meningitis. Out of the total number of treated children, the highest incidence was in age of infants (51,6%), and regarding to the gender structure, male were somewhat more frequent (54,6%). The most significant unfavorable factors for occurrence of sequalea were: younger age, the type of bacteria, bacterial concentration in cerebrospinal fluid, the time required for liquor sterilization, hypoglycorrhachia, focal neurological sings and convulsions. Complications could relate to the central nervous system or some other organic systems. Convulsions are the early complications of bacterial meningitis. Hearing impairment is often present with severe forms of bacterial meningitis with convulsions, prolonged febrile state and presence of hypoglycorrhachia. Epilepsy is rare, late sequelae, while hydrocephalus is more likely to occur in neonatal meningitis. Heavy neurological damage occures in 5% of the children.

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