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Global etiology of bacterial meningitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Bacterial meningitis is a global public health concern, with several responsible etiologic agents that vary by age group and geographical area. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the etiology of bacterial meningitis in ...
Renee Bolijn, Amit B Bhavsar, Moe H Kyaw
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 2021 Purpose of review Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is a continually changing disease. This review summarises both dynamic epidemiology and emerging data on pathogenesis. Updated clinical guidelines are discussed, new agents undergoing clinical trials intended to reduce secondary brain damage are presented.
Wall, E, Chan, JM, Gil, E, Heyderman, R
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Bacterial meningitis occurs worldwide but Africa remains the most affected continent, especially in the "Meningitis belt" that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia.
Serge Mazamay +8 more
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Serum procalcitonin in bacterial & non-bacterial meningitis in children
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Bacterial meningitis is a paediatric emergency with high mortality and morbidity requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. Clinically, it is often difficult to differentiate between bacterial and non-bacterial meningitis.
Shipra Chaudhary +4 more
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Host–pathogen interactions in bacterial meningitis
Acta Neuropathologica, 2016 Bacterial meningitis is a devastating disease occurring worldwide with up to half of the survivors left with permanent neurological sequelae. Due to intrinsic properties of the meningeal pathogens and the host responses they induce, infection can cause ...
Kelly S Doran, Brandon J Kim, Roland Nau
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Epidemiological characteristics and disease burden of bacterial meningitis in hospitalized children in China: a 6-year nationwide retrospective study [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBacterial meningitis is a severe infectious disease. Study of bacterial meningitis of children in recent years are limited. It is unclear whether there have been any changes in the epidemiological characteristics of bacterial meningitis during the years ...
Linlin Liu +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2019 Neutrophils are crucial mediators of host defense that are recruited to the central nervous system (CNS) in large numbers during acute bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Tirthankar Mohanty +2 more
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The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the United States during 2008–2023: an analysis of active, laboratory, population-based, multistate surveillance dataResearch in context [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health. AmericasSummary: Background: Bacterial meningitis is a severe syndrome with dynamic epidemiology, but assessments of current trends are limited. We aimed to describe changing epidemiologic patterns among common bacterial causes of meningitis in the United ...
Namrata Prasad +25 more
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Acute bacterial meningitis in Iran: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS ONE, 2017 IntroductionBacterial meningitis persists in being a substantial cause of high mortality and severe neurological morbidity, despite the advances in antimicrobial therapy.
Hamidreza Houri +6 more
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Community-acquired bacterial meningitis
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Diederik van de Beek +2 more
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