Meningococcal disease: early clinical diagnosis and emergency care
Late diagnosis of meningococcal disease leads to high mortality. Early diagnosis of its generalized forms plays a crucial role in the pre-hospital phase and mainly based on the clinical picture of the disease. In most cases, pre-hospital typical mistake is late diagnosis of meningococcal disease. We propose an algorithm of early diagnosis of generalized forms of the disease in order to reduce the number of diagnostic errors. Proper and timely diagnosis will enable the physician pre-hospital fully implement measures to provide emergency and urgent care in generalized meningococcal infection, leading to a more favourable course and a significant improvement in the outcomes of the disease in the course of further hospital treatment.