title: [Analysis of bacterial meningitis in the Slovak Republic 1991-1998].
abstract: The authors present the results of analyses of cases of notified bacterial meningitis in Slovakia in 1991-1998, focused on haemophilic meningitis. They demonstrate the ratio of different sources of infection on the development of disease--Haemophilus influenzae 214 cases (13.6%), Streptococcus pneumoniae 183 (11.6%), Neisseria meningitidis 343 (21.8%), other infectious agents 182 (11.5%) and negative cultivations 652 (41.4%). In children aged 0-5 years 668 cases were notified, i.e. 42.4% of the total number (1,574), in other age groups 906 cases, i.e. 57.6%. The mean notified morbidity of haemophil meningitis in 1991-1998 was 0.5/100,000 population. The highest age specific morbidity was in the group of children aged 0-5 years and varied from 2.5/100,000 in 1991 to 7.7/100,000 in 1998.
authors.affiliation: Odbor epidemiológie, Státny zdravotný ústav, Martin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hudecková
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nováková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oleár
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology