Проблема нейроинфекций в работе инфекционной службы Харьковской области на современном этапе

To assess the problem of acute neuroinfections in Kharkov region we have analyzed all clinical cases of acute meningitis and meningoencephalitis for 2011-2013. We observed 398 patients with infectious lesions of the central nervous system (CNS): 313 (78.6%) HIV-negative, and 85 (23.4%) HIV-positive patients. The article assesses the etiological structure, severity and treatment efficacy of acute neuroinfections in HIV-negative and HIV-positive patients. In the group of HIV-negative patients most severely purulent neuroinfections proceed. In the group of HIV-infected patients infections of the central nervous system occupy a leading place in the structure of mortality. Despite the use of modern methods of diagnosis and treatment, the effectiveness of the treatment of HIV-infected patients is very low.