Incidência de casos de meningites na população da cidade de Santa Maria - RS nos anos de 2002,2003 e 2004

Abstract

Meningitis is an inflammatory process of the brain membranes, being classified as severe and constant having as etiological agents bacteria, viruses, protozoan, fungi and helmint. In this work, a focused review in the epidemiological, physiological, anatomic, chemical prophylactic aspects associated to the incidence of the confirmed meningitis cases in the approached patients is mentioned, in the period between the years from 2002 to 2004 in the city of Santa Maria – RS, where in this period, where 81 confirmed cases of meningitis were analyzed, in the epidemiological sector of the 4th Regional Health Coordination (4 CRS) located in this city, the SINAN files – Notification Graveness Information System, being 32% (n=26) in 2002, 38,3% (n=31) in 2003 and 29,7% (n=24) in 2004, having the men as predominant with 54,3% (n=44), where the age of the approached people was predominantly between zero and 15 years old 53,1% (n=43). Of the meningitis types, the non-specified meningitis was predominant in 45,7% (n=37) followed by the bacterial with 30,8% (n=25), viral with 17,3% (n=14), micotic with 4,9% (n=4) and tuberculosis in 1,3% (n=1). Concerning the etiological agents the Neisseria meningitides reached a level of 18,5% and the cases o micotic meningitis are related to the people with HIV. It was noticed from the SINAN data that meningitis is still a serious problem in public health, being indispensable a quick clinical/laboratorial diagnosis and the beginning and the beginning of a treatment both curative and prophylactic with the intention of avoiding the disease extension in the population.