Open AccessClinic and treatment of infectious and toxic shock in meningococcal infection
Author(s) -
D. S. Enaleeva
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj89555
Subject(s) - meningococcal disease , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , meningococcal infections , immunology , shock (circulatory) , intensive care medicine , disease , virology , neisseria meningitidis , biology , bacteria , genetics
Meningococcal infection has several clinical forms that manifest themselves independently or in combination. The most life-threatening are generalized forms of the disease that occur when meningococcus overcomes the protective barrier of the nasopharynx and enters the bloodstream.