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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.
E. Wall +3 more
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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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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 ...
Anouk M Oordt-Speets +4 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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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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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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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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Community-acquired bacterial meningitis
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Diederik van de Beek +2 more
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 Despite advances in supportive care and antimicrobial treatment, bacterial meningitis remains the most serious infection of the central nervous system (CNS) that poses a serious risk to life.
Ruicheng Yang +6 more
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Bacterial meningitis in Africa
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Bacterial meningitis differs globally, and the incidence and case fatality rates vary by region, country, pathogen, and age group; being a life-threatening disease with a high case fatality rate and long-term complications in low-income countries. Africa
T. Barichello +10 more
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