**11. Prognosis**

Case fatality rate is highest in meningitides due to Gram-negative organisms (17%), which are succeeded by those caused by fungi (12%) and Gram-positive bacteria (6%) [10, 23].

### **12. Conclusion**

Taking Turkey as an example, a PubMed search by the author using the Medical Subject Headings terms groups "infant meningitis Turkey," "newborn meningitis Turkey," "neonate meningitis Turkey," "infant meningitis Turkish," "newborn meningitis Turkish," and "neonate meningitis Turkish" revealed only two recent, relatively large-scale studies on the epidemiology of neonatal meningitis in Turkey, which points to the need for more local data in this field [24, 25].
