Diseases of children (pediatrics)

Meningococcal infection is an acute infectious disease with clinical manifestations ranging from nasopharyngitis and asymptomatic carriage to generalized forms - purulent meningitis, meningoencephalitis and meningococcemia with damage to various organs and systems.

Listeriosis (listerellosis) is an acute infectious disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes, accompanied by fever, symptoms of intoxication, frequent damage to the lymphoid formations of the pharyngeal ring, central nervous system, liver and spleen. The disease often occurs as a long-term, often chronic sepsis.

Visceral leishmaniasis is a long-term disease with undulating fever, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and progressive cachexia. There are several variants of visceral leishmaniasis: kala-azar (causative agent L. donovani donovani), Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (causative agent L. donovani infantum), East African (causative agent L. donovani archibaldii), etc. All variants of visceral leishmaniasis have a similar clinical picture.

Legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease, Pontiac fever) is an acute infectious disease of bacterial etiology with fever, respiratory syndrome, lung damage, and often the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system and kidneys.