Complications of bacterial meningitis

AbstractBacterial meningitis has a high mortality and risks of developing neurological and systemic complications, especially with the late onset of antibiotic therapy. The article describes the etiology, the main links of pathogenesis, the clinic of the most frequent complications of bacterial meningitis.

Keywords:bacterialmeningitis, pathogenesis, cerebral complications

Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training. 2018; 7 (1): 54-59.
DOI: 10.24411/2305-3496-2018-00007


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CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)

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