Analysis of Bacterial Meningitis in the Slovak
Republic in 1991–1998
Hudečková H. 1 , Nováková E. 2 , Oleár V. 3
1 Odbor epidemiológie, Štátny zdravotný ústav, Martin 2 Národné referenčné centrum pre hemofilové infekcie, Štátny zdravotný ústav, Žilina 3 Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, Žilina |
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Summary:
The authors present the results of analyses of cases of notified bacterial meningitis in Slovakia in
1991–1998, focused on haemophilic meningitis. They demonstrate the ratio of different sources of
infection on the development of disease – Haemophilus influenzae 214 cases (13.6%), Streptococcus
pneumoniae 183 (11.6%), Neisseria meningitidis 343 (21.8%), other infectious agents 182 (11.5%) and
negative cultivations 652 (41.4%). In children aged 0–5 years 668 cases were notified, i.e. 42.4% of the
total number (1 574), in other age groups 906 cases, i.e. 57.6%.
The mean notified morbidity of haemophil meningitis in 1991–1998 was 0.5/100 000 population. The
highest age specific morbidity was in the group of children aged 0–5 years and varied from 2.5/100 000
in 1991 to 7.7/100 000 in 1998.
Key words:
bacterial meningitis – haemophil meningitis – morbidity.
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