[Caring for women planning pregnancy or who are already pregnant: an infectious disease doctor's view].

The article discusses possible prevention and prophylaxis of infectious diseases affecting the course of pregnancy with respect to the mother, fetus and newborn. Also mentioned are diseases for which there is no vaccination. The options for prevention targeted at the periods before and during pregnancy and after delivery are explained.

[Recurrent meningitis and inherited complement deficiency].

Complement deficiency represents 5% of primary immunodeficiencies worldwide. A total of seven patients with deficiencies of the classical complement pathway were reported in the Czech Republic by the end of 2015. Typical manifestations of complement deficiency are recurrent meningitis, other bacterial infections, autoimmunity and kidney disease.

[Pneumococcal meningitis in children].

Objective: Presented are the authors' own experiences with invasive pneumococcal diseases in a group of pediatric inpatients with pneumococcal meningitis treated in the Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové over the last 10 years.

Material And Methods: A group of patients aged 0-18 years and hospitalized in the above facility in 2002-2011 was retrospectively assessed. The patients' basic clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes are shown below.

[Clinical manifestations of pneumococcal infections and the current prevention options].

Pneumococcal infections continue to pose a serious medical problem. A broad range of serotypes, increasing resistance to antibiotics and high pathogenic potential of pneumococci are associated with development of various clinical forms of diseases. Some chronic diseases are an important predisposing factor for development of pneumococcal infections.