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A Coinfection Model of Bacterial Meningitis and Hepatitis B Diseases With Optimal Control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Journal of Applied Mathematics
In this work, a compartmental model for the coinfection of bacterial meningitis and Hepatitis B was formulated and analyzed. The most sensitive parameters were identified, including the contact rates for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and bacterial meningitis ...
Malede Atnaw Belay, Jeconia Abonyo Okelo, David Mwangi Theuri, Haileyesus Tessema Alemneh, Negesse Yizengaw Alemu   +4 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

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: 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, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer P. Collins, Amy B. Rubis, Gordana Derado, Miranda J. Delahoy, Daniel C. Payne, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, Henju Marjuki, Lucy A. McNamara, LeAnne M. Fox, Arthur Reingold, Megan Barnes, Susan Petit, Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, Jessica Houston, Bridget J. Anderson, Ann Thomas, Keipp H. Talbot, William Schaffner, Adam L. Cohen, Stephanie J. Schrag, Melissa Arvay   +25 more
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A 9‐Year‐Old Boy With Right‐Sided Extrapulmonary Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis Subphrenic Abscess: A Case Report From Woldia, Northeast Ethiopia

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
Coronal reconstruction post contrast thoraco‐abdominal CT of a 9 years old boy taken December, 2023. This shows 1.45 by 3.9 cms hypodense collection having rim enhancement in the right anterio‐inferior sub‐phrenic space suggestive of abscess. ABSTRACT Diagnosing extrapulmonary and drug‐resistant tuberculosis in children is challenging.
Animaw Lingerew, Samuel Addis, Adugnaw Atnafu, Zeru Siyoum, Solomie Jebessa Deribessa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fuzzy Expert System for Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis from Other Types of Meningitis in Children

مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی, 2014
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis requires timely diagnosis and treatment otherwise it will have relatively high complications and mortality and morbidity.
Mostafa Langarizade, Esmat Khajehpour, Hassan Khajehpour, Tayebe Noori   +3 more
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Demographic profiles and risk factors for mortality in acute meningitis: A nationwide population‐based observational study

Acute Medicine & Surgery
Aim Acute meningitis encompasses bacterial, viral (aseptic), fungal, tuberculous, and carcinomatous meningitis. The rate and risks of mortality in each type remain uncertain. This study aimed to elucidate these aspects in each type of meningitis. Methods
Tetsuya Akaishi, Kunio Tarasawa, Kiyohide Fushimi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Masashi Aoki, Kenji Fujimori   +5 more
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How Far Can we Go? Managing Moyamoya Syndrome in a 3‐Year‐Old With Thalassemia Major: A Rare Pediatric Case From Nepal

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Moyamoya syndrome (MMS) is a rare progressive cerebrovascular disorder causing stenosis of intracranial arteries and collateral vessel formation. Pediatric presentations often include ischemic strokes, and coexisting Thalassemia Major may worsen vascular outcomes.
Kshitiz Parajuli, Abhisek Jha, Aron Neupane, Shristi Gupta, Nischal Timsina, Sagar Bhagat, Raja Babu Gupta, Anand Sah, Anup Katwal   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential effects of therapeutic complement inhibitors on serum bactericidal activity against non-groupable meningococcal isolates recovered from patients treated with eculizumab

Haematologica, 2019
Dan M. Granoff, Howard Kim, Nadav Topaz, Jessica MacNeil, Xin Wang, Lucy A. McNamara   +5 more
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Recurrent Pneumoparotid Presenting as Parotitis in a 3‐Year‐Old Child

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Pneumoparotid is a rare cause of parotid swelling. It is characterized by the presence of air in the parotid ductal system. Pneumoparotid may be suggested clinically with crepitus on parotid gland palpation. Imaging using ultrasound and/or CT is crucial in diagnosing Pneumoparotid and for excluding complications.
Malik Ahmad, Mohammad S. Muwafi, Osayd Khasati, Hamza A. Abdul‐Hafez, Mohammed A. Barakat, Ahmed Dawoud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Current Landscape and Future Prospects of Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities: A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Africa has significant challenges in meeting its vaccination needs, including inadequate manufacturing capacity, infrastructure deficiencies, a scarcity of experienced personnel, regulatory hurdles, restricted access to technology and intellectual property.
Courage Chandipwisa, Agness Shimilimo, Olivier Uwishema, Helen Onyeaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adjuvants : an essential component of neisseria vaccines [PDF]

, 2009
Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action. Neisseria vaccines containing traditional adjuvants such as aluminium salts have existed for long time, but meningitis ...
Acevedo, R., Balbao, J., Cabrera, O., Cuello, M., del Campo, J., Ferro, Valerie A., Gonzales, E., Romeu, B., Zayas, C.   +8 more
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