[Epidemiological features of noninvasive pneumococcal infections in different age groups of population].
The aim of the study was to determine nosological structure, sex and age of patients with non-invasive pneumococcal infections (otitis and sinusitis). Medical cards of 80 inpatients and results of clinico-microbiological tests have been analysed. Otitis and sinusitis morbidity is about 12+/-0.54 and 36+/-1.04 per 10 000, respectively. Acute otitis occurred in 47.5%, acute sinusitis or exacerbation of chronic sinusitis - in 52.5% (S. pneumoniae was isolated). Males suffered more frequently (57.9%) from otitis, females - from sinusitis (54.76%). Registration of pneumococcal otitis and sinusitis morbidity is important for organization of anti-epidemic measures.
Martynova
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Turkutiukov
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification