Meningitis and encephalitis in Poland in 2017
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
/ statistics & numerical data
Encephalitis
/ diagnosis
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
/ epidemiology
Female
Haemophilus influenzae
/ isolation & purification
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial
/ diagnosis
Middle Aged
Neisseria meningitidis
/ isolation & purification
Poland
/ epidemiology
Rural Population
/ statistics & numerical data
Sex Distribution
Streptococcus pneumoniae
/ isolation & purification
Urban Population
/ statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
meningitis
encephalitis
epidemiology
Poland
2017
Journal
Przeglad epidemiologiczny
ISSN: 0033-2100
Titre abrégé: Przegl Epidemiol
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 0413725
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
entrez:
3
4
2020
pubmed:
1
1
2019
medline:
21
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Meningitis are the most common form of the nervous system infectious diseases. There are meningitis and/or encephalitis with bacterial and viral etiology. In epidemiological surveillance are highlighted meningitis and/or encephalitis caused by N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and tick-borne encephalitis virus. Because vaccinations against these agents are common. The aim of the study is to assess the epidemiological situation of meningitis and encephalitis in Poland in 2017. The epidemiological situation of meningitis and encephalitis in Poland was assessed on data from the annual bulletin “Infectious diseases and poisoning in Poland in 2017” and “Vaccinations in Poland in 2017”. (MP Czarkowski et al., Warsaw 2018, NIZP-PZH, GIS). In 2017 were registered 2 095 cases of meningitis and/or encephalitis in Poland. It means a 10.8% decrease in meningitis and/or encephalitis in Poland compared to 2016. With a general decrease in the number of infections of bacterial etiology, the number of cases of meningitis and/or encephalitis of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B cases reported remains at the same level similar to last year. In contrast, the number of cases of etiology of N. meningitidis shows an increase of 25.4% compared to the previous year. Among all cases 57.9% were viral infections. In comparison to 2016 means a decrease in the percentage share of viral infections by 1.2 percentage points for bacterial infections.
Among laboratory confirmed cases of neuroinfection with established etiology, the incidence caused by Neisseria miningitidis (122 cases), Streptococcus pneumoniae (171 cases) and tick-borne encephalitis (283 cases) are the most prevalent. There is a general downward trend in the number of meningitis and/or encephalitis cases, which may be due to introducing mandatory vaccination against S. pneumoniae. It can also mean an improvement in diagnostics given the decrease in unspecified meningitis and/or encephalitis. However meningitis and/or encephalitis remain a challenge for healthcare and epidemiological surveillance institutions.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
417-427Informations de copyright
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