Meningococcal infection is a global health problem worldwide, which is caused by high mortality rates, difficulties in early diagnosis due to the nonspecific nature of the initial manifestations of the disease, and the unpredictability of the course. Invasive forms of infection are registered mainly in children of the first five years of life, which further actualizes this disease. In recent decades, the Republic of Belarus has seen a steady decline in morbidity rates, but given the epidemiological features of meningococcal infection (epidemiological ups and downs with a frequency of 10–20 years), experts are aware of the possible scale of the problem in the coming years. The article presents the results of the analysis (for the last 20 years) structures of invasive forms of meningococcal infection and clinical and laboratory features of meningococcal sepsis in children according to the data of the «City Children's Infectious Clinical Hospital» of Minsk.
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- Поступила 07.06.2021 г.