THE ROLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

The article highlights problems in the diagnosis of opportunistic infections (OI), shows the frequency of detection of acute infections in children with immunodeficiency and without marked disturbances in the immune system. The mothers and their ailing children were surveyed, The children were diagnosed with immune neutropenia. High presence of opportunistic infection pathogens was revealed both in mothers and in children. 4,5% of cases proved the mother to be the source of infection. The article discusses the role of causative agents of OI in the etiology of obstructive bronchitis and prolonged subfebrility in children.

Keywords

• оппортунистические инфекции
• герпесвирусные инфекции
• пневмоцистоз
• микоплазмоз