Estimating clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal meningitis in Malaysia using Casemix data

Background Pneumococcal disease kills over 1.6 million people each year. The vast majority of its victims come from developing countries. Meningitis cases due to S. pneumoniae have one of the highest mortality rates in pneumococcal diseases. However there is no data on clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal meningitis (PM) in Malaysia. Aim of this study was to estimates the clinical and economic burden of PM in Malaysia