Clinical features of pneumococcal meningitis
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Запорізький державний медичний університет
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Objective: to evaluate the clinical features of pneumococcal meningitis (PM) and pneumococcal meningoencephalitis ( PME ) based on Zaporozhye Regional Hospital for Infectious Diseases ( ZRHID). It made clinical - laboratory monitoring in 26 patients with PM and PME. The evaluated group was dominated by middle aged persons - 9 (34,6%) and older - 11 (42,3%). Most of the patients (21-80,8%) the disease has developed against the background of severe comorbidity. Severe course of the disease have been reported in 24 (92,3%), moderate in 2 (7,7%) patients. Mortality rate was 15,4%.
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Aman Mehdi Al. Clinical features of pneumococcal meningitis / Mehdi Al Aman, T. Onishchenko // Сучасні аспекти медицини і фармації – 2015 : тези доп. Всеукр. наук.-практ. конф. молодих вчених та студентів з міжнар. участю, присвяч. Дню науки, 14-15 трав. 2015 р. – Запоріжжя, 2015. – С. 134-135.