Cetuximab-induced aseptic meningitis: case report and review of a rare adverse event. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cetuximab is a commonly used antibody agent in the treatment of colorectal or head and neck cancer. Although it is generally well tolerated in most patients, cetuximab has been associated with some rare but serious adverse events.
Baba-Hamed, N. +4 more
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Steroid-Responsive Post-Traumatic Persistent Neutrophilic Meningitis
Post-traumatic meningitis is a potentially fatal condition that presents as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The vast majority of post-traumatic meningitides are caused by infectious pathogens, most commonly multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial ...
Mahboubeh Haddad +3 more
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Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pathogenesis and Outcome of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme. [PDF]
BackgroundImprovement in antiviral therapies have been accompanied by an increased frequency of non-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) defining malignancies, such as glioblastoma multiforme.
Bui, Timothy T +5 more
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Drug-induced aseptic meningitis is a rare medical condition with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole being one of the most common antimicrobial agents associated with it.
Salem Agabawi
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3C protease of enterovirus 71 cleaves promyelocytic leukemia protein and impairs PML-NBs production
Background Enterovirus 71 (EV71) usually infects infants causing hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), even fatal neurological disease like aseptic meningitis. Effective drug for preventing and treating EV71 infection is unavailable currently. EV71 3C mediated
Zhuoran Li +5 more
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Human picornaviruses associated with neurological diseases and their neutralization by antibodies [PDF]
Picornaviruses are the most commonly encountered infectious agents in mankind. They typically cause mild infections of the gastrointestinal or respiratory tract, but sometimes also invade the central nervous system.
Ang +22 more
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Interleukin-10 negatively regulates local cytokine and chemokine production but does not influence antibacterial host defense during murine pneumococcal meningitis. [PDF]
To determine the role of endogenous interleukin-10 (IL-10) in local host defense during pneumococcal meningitis, the inflammatory responses of IL-10-gene-deficient and wild-type mice after the induction of meningitis were compared.
Zwijnenburg, P.J.G. +4 more
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The price of tumor control [PDF]
Ipilimumab, a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) blocking antibody, has been approved for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and induces adverse events (AE) in up to 64% of patients.
Bergmann, Tanja +35 more
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Murine cytomegalovirus genomic material in marrow cells; relation to altered leukocyte counts during sublethal infection of mice [PDF]
To investigate infection of hematopoietic cells by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), we used in situ hybridization to detect MCMV genomic material in marrow cells during sublethal infection of three-week-old mice.
Bale, J. F. +4 more
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Background Varicella zoster virus central nervous system infections can present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, and vasculopathy.
Kelli M. Robertson +2 more
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