Non Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea and Subsequent Bacterial Meningitis: A Case Report [PDF]
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) protects brain and maintains intracranial pressure which is secreted by choroid plexus. After severe Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) trauma, disruption of meningeal structure leads to CSF leak.
G Vaishnavadevi, Dayanandan Yoganandan
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Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Anderson, ST +5 more
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Nasal Bacterial Microbiome: Probing a Healthy Porcine Family [PDF]
Upper respiratory tract (URT) infection caused the leading and devastating diseases in pigs. It was believed that the normal microbiome of URT plays a vital role in health and disease development.
Huanchun Chen, Min Yue, Weicheng Bei
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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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Endogenous endophthalmitis is responsible for 2-15% of endophthalmitis, it is associated with a systemic infection in up to 52-90% of cases, in the context of systemic infections such as liver abscesses, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis ...
Alba Pérez M
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Unbiased Metagenomic Sequencing for Pediatric Meningitis in Bangladesh Reveals Neuroinvasive Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and Other Unrealized Pathogens. [PDF]
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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Epidemiology of Haemophilus ducreyi Infections
The global epidemiology of Haemophilus ducreyi infections is poorly documented because of difficulties in confirming microbiological diagnoses. We evaluated published data on the proportion of genital and nongenital skin ulcers caused by H.
Camila González-Beiras +4 more
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Biofilm producing Salmonella typhi: Chronic colonization and development of gallbladder cancer [PDF]
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi is the aetiological agent of typhoid or enteric fever. In a subset of individuals, S. Typhi colonizes the gallbladder causing an asymptomatic chronic infection.
Cavallo, Ilaria +4 more
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Role of Haemophilus influenzae in Formation of Infectious Diseases in Children
The paper contains an analysis and synthesis of current views on the role of Haemophilus influenzae in the formation of infectious diseases in children.
G.O. Lezhenko +2 more
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Haemophilus are fastidious Gram negative bacilli, which require factor X (hemin), factor V (NAD), or both for their growth. Haemophilus influenzae is the type species, and is considered to be the most pathogenic.
Gulsiv Nair +2 more
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