CLINICAL SYMPTOMS, COURSE AND OUTCOMES OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PURULENT MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDREN
<em>Authors discuss etiology of bacterial purulent meningitis in 190 examined children (Krasnoyarsk, 2005–2009). Etiology of meningitis was detected in 68.5% of cases. 57.7% of 130 cases are generalized forms of meningococcal infection, 16.9% –meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, 11.5%...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Вопросы современной педиатрии |
| Online Access: | http://vsp.spr-journal.ru:80/jour/article/view/928 |
| Summary: | <em>Authors discuss etiology of bacterial purulent meningitis in 190 examined children (Krasnoyarsk, 2005–2009). Etiology of meningitis was detected in 68.5% of cases. 57.7% of 130 cases are generalized forms of meningococcal infection, 16.9% –meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, 11.5% – pneumococcal, and 8.4% – streptococcal one. Pneumococcal meningitis differed not only by lesion of tunics but lesion of brain, by severity of disease, prolonged clinical course with development of complications which were life-threatening and in some cases leading to development of disability.</em><br /><strong><em>Key words: children, bacterial purulent meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, clinical symptoms, clinical course, outcomes.</em></strong><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>(<em><em>Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — </em></em>Current Pediatrics. – 2010;9(4):<em><span>110-113</span></em>)</em></span> |
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| ISSN: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |