Analysis of fatal outcomes of meningococcal infection in adults

Clinical characteristics and pathomorphological manifestations in 69 patients aged 18 to 86 years with a fatal outcome of the disease were examined in order to analyze the causes of severe course and high mortality of generalized forms meningococcal infection. It was found that the main clinical form was meningococcemia (90%), in the majority in combination with meningitis (52%). The fulminant course in 77% of patients with meningococcal sepsis manifested itself as a sudden onset, rapid development of typical symptoms. Hemorrhagic exanthema was detected on the first day of meningococcemia. The leading complications and critical conditions were infectious-toxic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and acute adrenal insufficiency (Waterhouse-Friederiksen syndrome). The severe course of meningitis (in 10%) led to the development of cerebral coma, the morphological substrate of which was edema - swelling of the brain.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 94(2022), 11 vom: 26. Dez., Seite 1252-1256

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhdanov, K V [VerfasserIn]
Kovalenko, A N [VerfasserIn]
Chirsky, V S [VerfasserIn]
Gusev, D A [VerfasserIn]
Nalivkina, N A [VerfasserIn]
Zinserling, V A [VerfasserIn]
Grigoriev, S G [VerfasserIn]
Khairutdinova, R A [VerfasserIn]
Isakov, A N [VerfasserIn]
Sharabkhanov, V V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Death
English Abstract
Immediate cause of death
Journal Article
Meningitis
Meningococcal infection
Meningococcemia
Pathomorphology

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Date Completed 15.05.2023

Date Revised 15.05.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26442/00403660.2022.11.201931

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356700496