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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The authors report a case of deficiency of the eighth component of complement in a young adult with a history of three episodes of meningitis; one of them proved to be meningococcal.
Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Maurício de Quadros, Sérgio Henrique Prezzi   +3 more
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Fatal meningococcal meningitis in a HIV-infected patient caused by serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the non-hypervirulent clonal complex ST-60 (cc60)

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Meningococcal strains belonging to clonal complex cc60 are not associated with hypervirulent lineages and were never reported as causing disease in Latin American countries.
Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Biologist, Denise Cotrim da Cunha, MD, Veronica Cavalcanti, Biologist, Ivano de Filippis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccinating Italian infants with a new multicomponent vaccine (Bexsero®) against meningococcal B disease: A cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]

, 2016
This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.The European Medicines Agency has approved a multicomponent serogroup B meningococcal vaccine (Bexsero®) for use in individuals of 2 months of age and older.
Amicizia, D, Bonanni, P, de Waure, C, Gasparini, R, Icardi, G, Landa, P, Lucioni, C, Panatto, D, Ricciardi, W, Tanfani, E, Testi, A   +10 more
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The important lessons lurking in the history of meningococcal epidemiology

Expert Review of Vaccines
Introduction The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a rare but potentially fatal illness, is typically described as unpredictable and subject to sporadic outbreaks.Areas covered Meningococcal epidemiology and vaccine use during the ...
Ray Borrow, Jamie Findlow
doaj   +1 more source

Iowa Health Focus, September 2004 [PDF]

, 2004
Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public ...

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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]

, 2017
In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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High Risk for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Among Patients Receiving Eculizumab (Soliris) Despite Receipt of Meningococcal Vaccine

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017
Use of eculizumab (Soliris, Alexion Pharmaceuticals), a terminal complement inhibitor, is associated with a 1,000-fold to 2,000-fold increased incidence of meningococcal disease (1).
L. McNamara, Nadav Topaz, Xin Wang, S. Hariri, Leanne M Fox, Jessica R Macneil   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unveiling New Aspects of Meningococcal Carriage and Disease Prevention. [PDF]

, 2015
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Gottfredsson, Magnus
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Neisseria meningitidis nasopharyngeal carriage during the Hajj: A cohort study evaluating the need for ciprofloxacin prophylaxis [PDF]

, 2017
Background The annual Muslim pilgrimage has the potential of increase risk for acquisition of Neisseria meningitidis. Here, we evaluate the Hajj impact on the prevalence of N.
Abdallah Assiri, Abdulhafeez Turkistani, Esam I. Azhar, Huda Ben Helaby, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Malak Almasri, Muhammad Yasir, Muneera S. Al-Saeed, Ray Borrow, Ziad A. Memish   +9 more
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Emergence of serogroup C meningococcal disease associated with a high mortality rate in Hefei, China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C has emerged as a cause of epidemic disease in Hefei. The establishment of serogroup C as the predominant cause of endemic disease has not been described.
Xu Xi-Hai, Ye Ying, Hu Li-Fen, Jin Yu-Hui, Jiang Qin-Qin, Li Jia-Bin   +5 more
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