CLINICAL SYMPTOMS, COURSE AND OUTCOMES OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PURULENT MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

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.Key words: children, bacterial purulent meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, clinical symptoms, clinical course, outcomes.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. – 2010;9(4):110-113)