септический менингит"). **Важно:** В случае возникновения симптомов, …

септический менингит"). **Важно:** В случае возникновения симптомов, необходимо обратиться к врачу. **Translation:** Meningokokal Infection Due to increased interest in meningococcus, particularly among residents of Ekaterinburg who purchase on marketplaces, a brief overview of the topic is provided. Meningococcus is a bacterium that has a characteristic slightly flattened spherical shape and somewhat resembles an egg. This is the most common causative agent of purulent (bacterial) meningitis. Competition with it comes from pneumococcus and hemophilic infection, but now we're not talking about them. Meningococci are extremely unstable in the environment and can only be transmitted from a sick person (or carrier) to a healthy air-