LISTERIOUS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN – THE STATUS OF THE PROBLEM
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2021.4.12841Keywords:
listeriosis, meningitis, children, clinic, treatmentAbstract
The article highlights and summarizes the literature data on the incidence, features of the listeriosis clinical course and its treatment in children, modern views on the problem. The most common clinical form is listeriosis meningitis. It is registered in Ukraine in the form of sporadic cases. A rare case of listeriosis with the development of meningitis was described in a 4-year-old girl with a prolonged course of the disease and the lack of a clear parallel between the general condition and the dynamics of changes in the cerebrospinal fluid. The applied set of treatment measures, which included powerful antibacterial therapy, helped to achieve complete clinical recovery of the sick child on the 28th day of inpatient treatment. This case argues the feasibility of taking into account the results of cerebrospinal fluid bacterioscopic examination, namely – the presence of gram-positive rods, and the release of L.monocytogenes in bacteriological examinations.
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