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Clinically Suspected Invasive Meningococcal Disease Presenting With Purpura Fulminans-Like Rash, Septic Shock, Multiorgan Dysfunction, and Recovery From ARDS in a Previously Healthy Child. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Clinically suspected invasive meningococcal disease can deteriorate rapidly in previously well children. Prompt recognition of the petechial–purpuric rash with shock, early empirical antibiotics, and aggressive supportive pediatric intensive care are cornerstones of management as multiorgan dysfunction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ...
Omar S, Alsweis A, Khaled A, Nabresi N, Qatu M, Qahwash Y, Jallad M.   +6 more
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Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Invasive meningococcal disease persists as a fulminant disorder worldwide. Although cases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X (MenX) occur infrequently, outbreaks have been reported in countries in Africa in recent decades. We report 2 cases of
Lucila O. Fukasawa, Bernadete L. Liphaus, Maria Gisele Gonçalves, Fabio T. Higa, Carlos H. Camargo, Telma R.M.P. Carvalhanas, Ana Paula S. Lemos   +6 more
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Meningococcal disease: changes in epidemiology and prevention

Clinical Epidemiology, 2012
Qiuzhi Chang,1 Yih-Ling Tzeng,2 David S Stephens1–31Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 3Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Department
Chang Q, Tzeng YL, Stephens DS
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Infection in Moscow

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2020
Aims. The purpose of this study was to identify current epidemiological features of meningococcal infection in Moscow.Materials and methods. Cases of invasive meningococcal disease in Moscow from 2014 to 2018 and the biomaterial from patients with an ...
M. I. Gritsay, M. A. Koroleva, N. N. Fomkina, I. S. Koroleva   +3 more
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Nonspecific symptoms dominate at first contact to emergency healthcare services among cases with invasive meningococcal disease

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background An early appropriate response is the cornerstone of treatment for invasive meningococcal disease. Little evidence exists on how cases with invasive meningococcal disease present at first contact to emergency medical services.
Nichlas Hovmand, Helle Collatz Christensen, Lene Fogt Lundbo, Håkon Sandholdt, Gitte Kronborg, Perle Darsø, Jacob Anhøj, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Asmus Thun Bisgaard, Thomas Benfield   +9 more
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Underestimation of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Italy [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Knowing the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is essential for planning appropriate vaccination policies. However, IMD may be underestimated because of misdiagnosis or insufficiently sensitive laboratory methods. Using a national molecular surveillance register, we assessed the number of cases misdiagnosed and diagnoses obtained ...
AZZARI, CHIARA, NIEDDU, FRANCESCO, MORIONDO, MARIA, INDOLFI, GIUSEPPE, Canessa, Clementina, RICCI, SILVIA, BIANCHI, LEILA, SERRANTI, DANIELE, POGGI, GIOVANNI MARIA, RESTI, MASSIMO   +9 more
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Recommendations of the Polish Paediatric Society, the Polish Society of Vaccinology, and the Polish Society of Family Medicine on meningococcal vaccinations in children and adults in Poland

Pediatria Polska, 2022
Invasive meningococcal disease is a dangerous bacterial infection that often leads to death or permanent disability. Immunization is the best strategy to protect individuals against invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
Ernest Kuchar, Hanna Czajka, Ewelina Gowin, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Anna Skoczyńska, Leszek Szenborn, August Wrotek, Jacek Wysocki, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski, Teresa Jackowska   +10 more
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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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Invasive meningococcal disease presenting with tenosynovitis. [PDF]

CMAJ
Katyukha A, Sukhdeo S, Andany N, Lefkowitz A.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Neisseria meningitidis pneumonia with bacteremia without meningitis: An atypical presentation

IDCases, 2020
Neisseria meningitidis remains the most important cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide. The second most common and potentially severe end-organ manifestation of invasive meningococcal disease is meningococcal pneumonia.
Fatma Mohamed Mahmoud, Thana Harhara
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