Clinical Case of Repeated Generalized Infection and Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child
https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v18i1.2220
Abstract
Background. Meningococcal disease is socially significant, deadly infectious disease characterized by severe and unpredictable course.
Clinical case description. The article describes clinical case of repeated generalized infection and meningitis with laboratory unknown etiology, classic picture of meningococcal disease, typical vaccination history, and smooth course of the period between episodes in 6.2-year-old girl.
Conclusion. The point of this case is the rare registration of recurrent cases of bacterial meningitis, as well as rare possibility of meningococcal disease diagnosis in clinical practice without laboratory confirmation of the pathogen.
About the Authors
Mariya S. Vedyashkina
Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases;
Children’s City Clinical Hospital № 8
Russian Federation
Disclosure of interest: Not declared.
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg;
Chelyabinsk
Disclosure of interest: Not declared.
Anna M. Dubrovsky
Children’s City Clinical Hospital № 8
Russian Federation
Chelyabinsk
Disclosure of interest: Not declared.
Russian Federation
Chelyabinsk
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Olga V. Lopatina
Children’s City Clinical Hospital № 8
Russian Federation
Chelyabinsk
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Russian Federation
Chelyabinsk
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Svetlana V. Rychkova
Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases
Russian Federation
Disclosure of interest: Not declared.
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg
Disclosure of interest: Not declared.
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Vedyashkina M.S., Dubrovsky A.M., Lopatina O.V., Rychkova S.V. Clinical Case of Repeated Generalized Infection and Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child. Pediatric pharmacology. 2021;18(1):17-22. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v18i1.2220
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