Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A +7 more
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Unbiased Metagenomic Sequencing for Pediatric Meningitis in Bangladesh Reveals Neuroinvasive Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and Other Unrealized Pathogens. [PDF]
, 2019 The burden of meningitis in low-and-middle-income countries remains significant, but the infectious causes remain largely unknown, impeding institution of evidence-based treatment and prevention decisions.
Crawford, Emily D. +25 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
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Spontaneous gram-negative bacillary meningitis in adult patients : characteristics and outcome [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Spontaneous meningitis caused by gram-negative bacilli in adult patients is uncommon and poorly characterized. Our objective is to describe and compare the characteristics and the outcome of adult patients with spontaneous gram-negative ...
Benito, Natividad +6 more
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mBio, 2019 The human pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis share high genome identity. Retrospective analysis of surveillance data from New Zealand indicates the potential cross-protective effect of outer membrane vesicle (OMV) meningococcal ...
Henju Marjuki +5 more
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Chemical Meningitis after Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia [PDF]
Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2014 Background: Chemical meningitis results from foreign materials causing inflammation to the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) study of chemical meningitis mimics bacterial meningitis. Case Report: We report three cases
Seung Ha Lee, Myung jun Lee, Won-Joo Kim
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Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
, 2018 Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal +9 more
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The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19 [PDF]
, 2021 The Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO) is a suite of interoperable ontology modules that aims to provide coverage of all aspects of the infectious disease domain, including biomedical research, clinical care, and public health.
Babcock, Shane +3 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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Assessment of severe malaria in a multicenter, phase III, RTS, S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine trial: case definition, standardization of data collection and patient care. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND\ud \ud An effective malaria vaccine, deployed in conjunction with other malaria interventions, is likely to substantially reduce the malaria burden. Efficacy against severe malaria will be a key driver for decisions on implementation.
Amanda Leach +18 more
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