Abstract

One of the dangerous infections in childhood is a meningococcal infection, characterized by pronounced polymorphism of clinical forms, frequent development of severe complications, often leading to the death of the patient. The problem of diagnosis and treatment of meningococcal infection, despite modern advances in medicine, is still relevant. The article provides basic information on meningococcal infection, diagnosis and the optimal choice of antibiotic therapy, describes the clinical case of a severe course of a generalized form of meningococcal infection in a child of the first year of life.

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