[Neurological sequelae of the generalized forms of meningococcal infection in adults (a catamnestic study of patients who suffered the disease during 1971--1974)].

The authors conducted a follow-up examination of 118 patients who had meningocaccial meningoencephalitis and meningitis in 1971--1974. Besides a neurological examination the authors performed psychological and EEG studies. It was established that the main expressions of the meningococcial infection during the first 2--3 months following the acute period (and in separate cases up to 1 year and more) were: asthenical syndromes of a different degree, diffuse focal symptoms, neuritis of the cranial nerves, distrubed mental activity and changes in the EEG. For these reasons the estimation of the period of restored working capacity after generalized forms of meningococcical infections should always be strictly individual.