METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE DEGREE OF MENINGOCOCCAL AND VIRAL MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G01N33/68 

FIELD: medicine, juvenile infectious diseases.

SUBSTANCE: in a patient's peripheral blood on the 1^st-6^th and 10^th-15^th d of the disease one should detect the concentration of interleukin-10. In case of severe flow of meningitis the concentration of IL-10 on the 1^st-6^th d corresponds to about 4.24-4.58 pkg/ml by increasing up to about 4.94-5.56 pkg/ml on the 10^th-15^th d. In case of light and average flow of meningococcal meningitis the concentration of IL-10 on the 1^st-6^th d corresponds to about 7.21-7.75 pkg/ml by decreasing up to about 3.76-4.5 pkg/ml on the 10^th-15^th d. In case of light and average flow of viral meningitis the concentration of IL-10 on the 1^st-6^th d corresponds to about 3.61-3.89 pkg/ml, and on the 10^th-15^th d - about 4.25-4.81 pkg/ml, not higher. Application of the present method enables to increase the accuracy of evaluation.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy.

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