Etiological structure of meningitis and meningoencephalitis in children and clinical features of meningococcal meningitis and enteroviral etiology

• O.A. Zykova
• Sergey B. Rybalkin

AbstractProvides information about etiological and age structure of meningitis and meningoencephalitis in 192 children treated in Penza Regional Clinical Center of Specialized Types of Medical Care in the period from 2010 to 2014. Analysis of clinical features of meningococcal neuroinfections and enterovirus etiology as the most frequent etiologic agents, depending on the age of the patients. Revealed that infection with meningeal membranes were more often registered in children aged 1 to 3 years, and from 14 to 18 years, and meningoencephalitis was diagnosed mainly in children from 3 to 7 years. Meningococcal meningitis dominated among children under the age of 14 years, had mostly severe forms of the disease. Enteroviral meningitis in children under the age of 1 year to 7 years was characterized by a marked severity of illness; younger age groups were recorded significantly more frequently hypertension-hydrocephalic and diarrhoeal syndromes; in adolescents - symptoms of tension, a combination of meningitis with herpangina or other signs of enterovirus infection.

Keywords:children, neuroinfections, etiology, clinic, meningococcal meningitis, enteroviral infection

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