Kh.S. KHAYERTYNOV¹, R.I. MINGAZHEVA², L.M. ZIYATDINOVA³, E.Yu. ALATYREV², G.I. GABDULLINA¹

¹Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420124

²Republican Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, 83 Prospekt Pobedy, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420140

³Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital, 140 Orenburgskiy trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420138 

Khaertynov Kh.S. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Children’s Infectious Diseases, tel.: (843) 555-04-65, +7-903-342-96-27, e-mail: khalit65l@rambler.ru

Mingazheva R.I. — Head of Resuscitation Department, tel.: (843) 267-80-02, +7-917-231-56-32, e-mail: rianna.83@mail.ru

Ziyatdinova L.M. — Head of Insulation and Diagnostic Department, (843) 237-31-75, e-mail: L.Ziyatdinova@tatar.ru

Alatyrev E.Yu. — Head of Resuscitation Department, tel.: (843) 555-57-28, +7-903-313-84-54, e-mail: alatyreff.zhenya2012@yandex.ru

Gabdullina G.I. — student of Pediatric Faculty, tel. +7-960-046-92-27, e-mail: gulnaz.gabdullina.91@mail.ru¹

The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the course of meningitis in young children were studied with the account of the disease etiology. The most frequent causes of meningitis were St.pneumoniae and H.influenzae. Almost one third of cases developed into serous meningitis. Stiff neck was noted only in 76% of cases. Despite the dominance of bacteria in the etiological structure of meningitis in infants, as well as long duration of the disease, in most cases there was a favorable outcome. Mortality among patients under observation was 4%.

Key words: meningitis, children, early age.

 

 

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