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Comparison of enterovirus detection in cerebrospinal fluid with Bacterial Meningitis Score in children

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective To measure the role of enterovirus detection in cerebrospinal fluid compared with the Bacterial Meningitis Score in children with meningitis. Methods A retrospective cohort based on analysis of medical records of pediatric patients diagnosed
Frederico Ribeiro Pires, Andréia Christine Bonotto Farias Franco, Alfredo Elias Gilio, Eduardo Juan Troster   +3 more
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A Diagnostic Formula for Discrimination of Tuberculous and Bacterial Meningitis Using Clinical and Laboratory Features

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Background: The discrimination of tuberculous meningitis and bacterial meningitis remains difficult at present, even with the introduction of advanced diagnostic tools.
Yun Yang, Xin-Hui Qu, Kun-Nan Zhang, Xiao-Mu Wu, Xin-Rong Wang, An Wen, Ling-Juan Li   +6 more
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Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: follow up at age 5 years. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To describe important sequelae occurring among a cohort of children aged 5 years who had had meningitis during the first year of life and who had been identified by a prospective national study of meningitis in infancy in England and Wales ...
Hurley, R, de Louvois, J, Halket, S, Harvey, D, Bedford, H, Peckham, C   +5 more
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Diagnosis of bacteraemia in neonatal foals using 16S rRNA high‐throughput sequencing

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in foals. Early diagnosis can improve outcome but is complicated by non‐specific clinical signs and delayed confirmation of infection via blood culture. Molecular assays represent a rapid and more sensitive alternative.
Flavie Payette, Alicia E. Long, Weiming Hu, Kyle Bittinger, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Darko Stefanovski, Michelle Abraham, Maia R. Aitken   +7 more
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Risk Factors and Comorbidity in Patients with Bacterial Meningitis

Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2023
Introduction. Bacterial meningitis is a severe disease with high mortality and frequent residual neurological sequelae. It is associated with multiple risk factors.
Argirova P., Kalchev Y., Murdjeva M., Stoycheva M.   +3 more
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Acute Bacterial Meningitis

, 2017
Bacterial meningitis is one of the severest infections in childhood. Neuronal damage in meningitis is largely due to the extensive inflammatory cascade induced by pathogenic bacteria. This chapter discusses the current understanding of the interaction of
Naveen Sankhyan, Sunit Singhi, Pratibha Singhi   +2 more
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.
We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo, Piao Cao, Jing‐Qing Xu, Rong Yan, Jian Wang, Tao Liang, Ya Chen, Zu‐Cai Xu   +7 more
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FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) panel in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
The precise diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is essential. Cytological and biochemical examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are not specific.
Renan Barros Domingues, Márcio Vega dos Santos, Fernando Brunale Vilela de Moura Leite, Carlos Senne   +3 more
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Phosphatidylcholine PC ae C44:6 in cerebrospinal fluid is a sensitive biomarker for bacterial meningitis

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2020
Background The timely diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is of utmost importance due to the need to institute antibiotic treatment as early as possible.
Leonardo Silva de Araujo, Kevin Pessler, Kurt-Wolfram Sühs, Natalia Novoselova, Frank Klawonn, Maike Kuhn, Volkhard Kaever, Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Corinna Trebst, Thomas Skripuletz, Martin Stangel, Frank Pessler   +11 more
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Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis.

, 1999
Bacterial meningitis is fatal in 5% to 40% of patients and causes neurologic sequelae in up to 30% of survivors. Much has been learned recently about the mechanisms that lead to brain injury during meningitis.
Leib, Stephen, Täuber, Martin G., Leib SL, Täuber MG   +3 more
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