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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Deviatkina, N P
• Il'ina, T V
• Koroleva, I S
• Martynov, Iu V
• Demina, A A

Titel

The characteristics of suppurative meningitis morbidity caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza type B

Ist Teil von

• Žurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii, 1990-01 (1), p.45

Ort / Verlag

Russia (Federation)

Erscheinungsjahr

1990

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Of the 1,018 patients with purulent bacterial meningitis, hospitalized at the 2nd Clinical Infectious Hospital in Moscow during the period of 1980-1987, the diagnosis was confirmed in 54.7%; of these, meningitis of pneumococcal etiology was established in 44.8% and meningitis caused by H. influenzae, type b, in 23.8% of the patients. In meningitis of pneumococcal etiology high risk groups included mainly adults, especially those over 50 years, and children under 3 years of age. In meningitis of H. influenzae etiology high risk groups included mainly young children under 2 years of age. Meningitis of pneumococcal etiology was characterized by considerable death rate (on the average, 20%), while in meningitis of H. influenzae etiology death rate was 3 times lower. Pneumococci of serotypes 1, 3, 6, and 19 were found to be of the highest etiological importance for adults and pneumococci of serotypes 19, 6, 12, and 1, for children. In recent years greater etiological role of serotype 42 in adults was noted. The study of the spread of meningitides of different etiology is a high-priority task for this country.