Features of a current meningoencefalitis at child with the mixed bacterial infection (clinical cases)

In the past decade the proportion of mixed infections has increased. The clinical aspects of mixed infections can be atypical, and the course of the disease depends on the type of pathogen-associants, their biological properties, relationships with each other and with the host. A clinical case, show...

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Main Authors: N. V. Skripchenko, E. M. Mazaeva, M. K. Bekhtereva, M. V. Ivanova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Journal Infectology 2014-09-01
Series:Журнал инфектологии
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Online Access:https://journal.niidi.ru/jofin/article/view/161
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Summary:In the past decade the proportion of mixed infections has increased. The clinical aspects of mixed infections can be atypical, and the course of the disease depends on the type of pathogen-associants, their biological properties, relationships with each other and with the host. A clinical case, showing the possibility of mixed associations of Yersinia ana Listeria infections, caused the meningoencephalitis, is given. It is described the experience of the authors on neuroinfection diseases, according to which, a parallel study of blood and cerebrospinal fluid in molecular-genetic, serological as well as immunohistochemical diagnostic methods is required for the detection of mixed infection or co-infection in order to clarify the etiology of the disease.
ISSN:2072-6732