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Invasive meningococcal disease and HIV coinfection

Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2001
Three cases of meningococcal disease which occurred over a 3 year period in HIV-infected people living in the Wentworth Health Area of Sydney, Australia, are described. None of the 3 had ever received antiretroviral therapy which may have contributed to development of invasive meningococcal disease. Commun Dis Intell 2001;25:278-279.
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Meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults: a review of the rationale for prevention through vaccination

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis is characterized by high mortality and morbidity. While IMD incidence peaks in both infants and adolescents/young adults, carriage rates are often highest in the latter age groups ...
Cynthia Burman, Lidia Serra, Charles Nuttens, Jessica Presa, Paul Balmer, Laura York   +5 more
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Meningococcal B vaccination : a novel approach [PDF]

, 2017
Meningococcal B disease is associated with a mortality of up to 10% and significant morbidity in survivors. Attempts to produ.ce an effective vaccine based on established methods over several decades, have succeeded in designing vaccines suitable only ...
Attard Montalto, Simon
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Using the tetravalent meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in the prevention of meningococcal disease

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2008
Sanford R KimmelUniversity of Toledo College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Toledo, OH, USAAbstract: Invasive meningococcal disease occurs worldwide causing an estimated 50,000–135,000 deaths each year in addition to significant ...
Sanford R Kimmel
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Meningoccocal meningitis complicated with subdural effusion: a report of two infant cases

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infection in children of all ages. Children less than 1 year of age are at greater risk of invasive disease than older children. In endemic countries, the invasive meningococcal infections are
Victor Perez-Pico,1 Eduardo Llausas-Magana,1 Angel Leon-Ramirez,1 Giordano Perez-Gaxiola,2 and Nidia Leon-Sicairos.3
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[Invasive meningococcal disease--management and treatment].

Przeglad epidemiologiczny, 2012
Invasive meningococcal disease is life threatening disease and in fulminant cases mortality rate may be as high as 70%. Rapid introduction of treatment and monitoring on intensive care unit is crucial for prognosis. The understanding of patomechanism responsible for sepsis development allow to introduce supportive treatment including glicocorticoids ...
Aleksander, Garlicki, Monika, Bociqga-Jasik, Anna, Kalinowska-Nowak   +2 more
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UK guidelines and testing for invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2021
Stephen A, Clark, Helen, Campbell, Jay, Lucidarme, Ray, Borrow, Shamez N, Ladhani   +4 more
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Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in the United States: review of recent data and identified risk factors. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Presa J, Spitz D, Balmer P, Snow V, Dooling K.   +4 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Post-COVID-19 Era in South America. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel)
Sáfadi MAP, Falconi JF, Abalos MG, Serra L, Gentile A, Diaz A, Cortes CP, Villena R.   +7 more
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Joint consensus on reducing the burden of invasive meningococcal disease in the Asia-Pacific region. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Liu G, Gonzales MLAM, Chan WH, Memon IA, Alam A, Lee H, Wickramasinghe H, Pham QT, Dayal R, Levin M, Huang YC, Buttery J, Ong-Lim ALT, Kwan MYW.   +13 more
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