[Opportunistic microorganisms in purulent inflammatory otolaryngologic diseases and meningitis].

The contamination of clinical specimens material, obtained from patients with otolaryngology inflammatory processes and purulent meningitides in the Moscow region, has been studied. Etiologically significant causative agents dominating in different purulent inflammatory diseases have been established. As revealed in this study, in the Moscow region the leading causative agents of purulent inflammatory otolaryngology deseases and meningitides are coagulase-negative ataphylococci, Escherichia coli, meningococci, pyogenic streptococci and fungi of the genus Candida.