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Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo +11 more
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Cerebrovascular complications in bacterial meningitis [PDF]
Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease affecting the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Despite progress in prevention and management, the case fatality and neurological sequelae remain high.
Deliran, S.S.
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Comparison of Bordetella species identification among differing rt-PCR assays in the United States
Microbiology SpectrumIn the United States, the general laboratory method for diagnosing pertussis, caused by Bordetella pertussis, is real-time PCR (rt-PCR) targeting insertion sequence 481 (IS481).
Matthew Cole +7 more
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Antimicrobial Peptides and Peptidomimetics in Foods – A Synthetic Foray
ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.This Review discusses AMPs in foods and their syntheses. It espouses facile methods to make them accessible and suggests their utility in the mitigation and eradication of the burgeoning maladies of antimicrobial and multidrug resistance (AMR and MDR).
Josephat U. Izunobi +2 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2019 This study evaluated the operational characteristics of the multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with cellular and biochemical characteristics of acute bacterial meningitis and positive or negative CSF ...
Sérgio Monteiro de Almeida +4 more
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The economic burden of RSV-associated illness in children aged < 5 years, South Africa 2011–2016
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Data on the economic burden of RSV-associated illness will inform decisions on the programmatic implementation of maternal vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.
Jocelyn Moyes +11 more
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New Microbes and New Infections, 2021 Bacterial meningitis is one of the most severe infectious diseases with high rate of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The current study aimed to investigate the frequency of etiological agents of bacterial meningitis among patients ...
H. Zeighami +4 more
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Evolving trends of neonatal and childhood bacterial meningitis in northern Taiwan
, 2017 Background: The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis varies in different areas, age groups, and times. To know the trend of neonatal and childhood bacterial meningitis in northern Taiwan, we performed this 29-year-long assessment.
Lin, Meng-Chin;Chiu, Nan-Chang;Chi, Hsin;Ho, Che-Sheng;Huang, Fu-Yuan
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Opsoclonus in Pediatric Patients: Differential Diagnosis and a Practical Approach to Evaluation
Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Opsoclonus is an ocular dyskinesia characterized by involuntary, arrhythmic, multidirectional saccades. In pediatrics, opsoclonus is most commonly attributed to the rare neuroinflammatory disorder opsoclonus‐myoclonus‐ataxia syndrome (OMAS), typically considered a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with neural crest tumors. However, opsoclonus
Aubrey C. Reed +5 more
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Nature CommunicationsInvasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to non-vaccine serotypes after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) remains a global concern.
Cebile Lekhuleni +20 more
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