Meningococcal infection in the Nalon Valley

Abstract

We go through 113 cases of meningococcal infection looked after at the Hospital «Valle del Nalón» (Asturias) since December 1978 till March 1984. Eight children died (7,07 %). The most frecuent meningococci has been the B serogroup. In 63,7 % of the cases the infection affected children over two years of age. The 20 % of the patients showed complications; the most serious were: shock, with a mortality rate of 72,7 %, and CID, with 42,1 %.