title: [The characteristics of suppurative meningitis morbidity caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza type B].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Deviatkina
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Il'ina
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Koroleva
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Martynov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Demina
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Osobennosti zabolevaemosti gnoĭnymi meningitami, vyzvannymi Streptococcus pneumoniae i Haemophilus influenzae tipa B.