Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 52. No. 4., 2013.
Stručni rad
Epidemiological Characteristics of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Split-Dalmatia County 1996-2010
Klišmanić Zorana
Barač Juretić Katja
Tripković Ingrid
Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to present epidemiological features of reported patients with invasive meningococcal disease in the Split-Dalmatia County in the period from January 1996 to December 2010. During the 15-year period (1996-2010), a total of 119 patients were reported to have invasive meningococcal disease, yielding a mean annual incidence rate of 1.7/100,000 inhabitants. There were 69 (58%) male and 50 (42%) female patients. Five of 119 patients died, yielding a case fatality rate of 4.2%. Among 83/119 (70%) cases with proven etiology, serogroup was determined in 56/83 (67.5%) patients, whereas in 28/83 (32.5%) patients serogroup could not be determined. The most common serogroup was B, found in 43/56 (76.8%) patients. During the 1996-2010 period, dissemination of the disease in epidemic proportions was not recorded.
Ključne riječi
Meningitis, meningococcal – epidemiology; Croatia; Split-Dalmatia County
Hrčak ID:
122561
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2013.
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