引起脑膜炎的一种细菌正在变得对发展中国家最常用于治疗此病的药物有抵抗力。巴黎巴斯德研究所的科学家报告说,在1987年～1996年之间,在越南11例病人和在法国1例病人体内发现了B型脑膜炎奈瑟菌的耐药株。脑膜炎奈瑟菌是脑膜炎最常见的原因。脑膜炎奈瑟菌几乎永远对青霉素、头孢菌素和氯霉 A bacterium that causes meningitis is becoming resistant to the drugs most commonly used to treat the disease in developing countries. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris reported that from 1987 to 1996, resistant strains of N. meningitidis type B were found in 11 patients in Vietnam and in 1 patient in France. Neisseria meningitidis is the most common cause of meningitis. Neisseria meningitidis is almost always resistant to penicillins, cephalosporins and chloramphenicol