Meningokokkonositelstvo
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Description:
Meningokokkonositelstvo - the most frequent form of an infection. Is the localized form of a meningococcal infection. From 1-2 to 18-20 thousand meningokokkonositel are the share of 1 patient with a generalized form.
Symptoms Meningokokkonositelstva:
The diagnosis is based only on bacteriological confirmation - allocation of a meningokokk from nasopharyngeal slime. At 70 percent of people the carriage of a meningokokk is short-term and does not exceed 2 weeks. However also the cases of a long ("resident") carriage having the high epidemiological importance meet.
Specific symptoms characteristic of a meningokokkonositelstvo, no.
Reasons Meningokokkonositelstva:
The etiological agent - Neisseria meningitidis.
Neisseria meningitidis - the meningokokkonositelstvo reason
Treatment Meningokokkonositelstva:
At a meningokokkonositelstvo use of rifampicin within 2-3 days is shown.
