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Bacterial meningitis account for the highest proportion among cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatology and pediatrics patients and posing considerable challenge in developing countries like Ethiopia. However, information on prevalence of bacterial meningitis and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among neonates and children in Gondar University hospital is very scarce. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial meningitis among childhood attending at University of Gondar Teaching Hospital from 2002-2012. This laboratory based retrospective analysis of 2170 cerebrospinal fluids culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were conducted in the Bacteriology laboratory of the department of microbiology at University of Gondar Teaching Hospital within a ten year period between September 2002-2012. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 97 …