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Serum procalcitonin in Egyptian patients with acute meningitis and a negative direct cerebrospinal fluid examination

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014
Summary: Background: To reduce the morbidity and mortality related to bacterial meningitis, it is important to discriminate bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis during the acute phase of the disease, when the clinical symptoms are often similar.
Nadia A. Abdelkader, Waheed A. Mahmoud, Sally Mohamed Saber   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aseptic meningitis as the initial presentation of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Tarassovi: two case reports and a literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Leptospirosis is a zoonotic illness caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. The disease spectrum ranges from a mild influenza-like presentation to a more serious Weil’s syndrome.
A. G. N. M. K. Bandara, G. Kalaivarny, Nilanka Perera, J. Indrakumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unexpected cause of headache in a patient with Noonan syndrome: aseptic meningitis

Malignancies, autoimmune diseases, viral and fungal infections, as well as aseptic meningitis due to certain drugs are frequently seen. Antibiotics, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often considered responsible.
Ümmügülsüm Dikici, Recep Polat, Öner Özdemir, Hacer Efnan Melek Arsoy, Ece Tüsüz Önata   +4 more
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Prediction of bacterial meningitis based on cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in children

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis are frequently treated with parenteral antibiotics, but only a few have bacterial meningitis. Although some clinical prediction rules, such as bacterial meningitis score, are of well-known value, the ...
Sofia Águeda, Teresa Campos, Ana Maia
doaj   +3 more sources

Inborn errors of immunity in children with neuroinflammation

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), an expanding group of monogenic disorders with diverse clinical manifestations, are increasingly recognized to include neuroinflammatory disease. Examples of diseases included under this umbrella are Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2, familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ...
Eppie M Yiu, Dilan Dissanayake, Jessie Cunningham, Helen Branson, Ori Scott, E Ann Yeh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental risk and meningitis epidemics in Africa. [PDF]

, 2003
Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis occur in areas with particular environmental characteristics. We present evidence that the relationship between the environment and the location of these epidemics is quantifiable and propose a model based on ...
Stephen J. Connor, Anna M. Molesworth, Molesworth, Anna M., Connor, Stephen J, Connor, Stephen J., Thomson, Madeleine C., Cuevas, Luis E, Morse, Andrew P., Molesworth, Anna M, Andrew P. Morse, Luis E. Cuevas, Thomson, Madeleine C, Morse, Andrew P, Madeleine C. Thomson, Cuevas, Luis   +14 more
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Francisella orientalis in Aquacultured Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.): A Case Work‐Up of Diagnostics and Pathologic Findings in the North Central Region (USA)

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) is an increasingly popular aquacultured fish worldwide. While tilapia enjoy a ‘hardy‐fish’ reputation among fish farmers, they are susceptible to a variety of infectious diseases that can be difficult to recognize pondside and have similarities in their gross presentations. This report describes gross and microscopic
S. E. Edmonds, N. O. Hickey, C. Q. Reis, I. Kamonchai, M. J. Kebus, A. P. Pessier, T. B. Waltzek, K. R. Snekvik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymptomatic (Subclinical) Meningitis in One of Premature Triplets with Simultaneous Enteroviral Meningitis: A Case Report

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2012
Most enterovirus infection in the neonate and young infant is asymptomatic, but serious disease may occur, especially if acquired perinatally. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of asymptomatic enterovirus aseptic meningitis, and of concurrent ...
Ashish Gupta, Robert W. Tolan Jr
doaj   +1 more source

Naproxen-Induced Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis

, 1991
Aseptic meningitis has been linked to treatment with several nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (e.g., ibuprofen, tolmetin, sulindac), particularly in patients with disturbed immunity. Naproxen, however, has only once been reported to cause meningitis.
Babette B. Weksler, Anne Marie Lehany
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Periodontal Medicine Rewired: Mechanisms Linking Periodontitis to Systemic Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review reorganizes decades of research in periodontal medicine into a multi‐dimensional framework, illustrating how periodontitis influences systemic health through at least seven interconnected mechanisms. ABSTRACT Periodontitis is now recognized not merely as a localized oral condition but as a systemic disease linked to over 70 communicable and
Mario Romandini, George Hajishengallis, Mike Curtis, Giacomo Baima   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source