Meningococcal Disease (Infectio Meningococciea). Part 2
Journal Title: Актуальна інфектологія - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
The lecture deals with the diagnosis and treatment of meningococcal disease. Attention is given to laboratory diagnosis, differential diagnosis. There are provided the algorithms of medical care for children with meningococcemia in the prehospital and hospital stages, as well as the issues of treatment of meningococcal meningitis, meningococcal carriage and nasopharyngitis, measures in relation to exposed person, the conditions of discharge of patients after treatment, and their admission into the team.
Authors and Affiliations
O. K. Koloskova, L. A. Ivanova, U. I. Marusyk, O. V. Belashova
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