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A case of invasive meningococcal disease presenting as myopericarditis

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2021
Background: Neisseria meningitidis is a universally-feared Gram negative diplococcus, and infection confers high rates of morbidity and mortality despite effective antimicrobial therapy.
Simon M. Durkin, Clemency Britton, Graham S. Cooke, Ravi Mehta   +3 more
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Control of invasive meningococcal disease

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2016
Neisseria meningitidis still leads to deaths and severe disability in children, adolescents and adults. Six different capsular groups of N. meningitidis cause invasive meningococcal disease in the form of meningitis and septicaemia in humans. Although conjugate meningococcal vaccines have been developed to provide protection against four of the ...
Marshall, H, Wang, B, Wesselingh, S, Snape, M, Pollard, A   +4 more
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Continuing effectiveness of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, Chad, 2013. [PDF]

, 2015
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad.
Greenwood, Brian M, Ngadoua, C, Kadidja Gamougam, Dominique A. Caugant, Trotter, Caroline L, Toralta, J, Greenwood, B M, Ngadoua, Cyriaque, Fermon, Florence, Manigart, Olivier, Daugla, D M, Olivier Manigart, Daugla, Doumagoum M, Florence Fermon, Page, A-L, Caugant, D A, Djingarey, M H, Doumagoum M. Daugla, Fermon, F, James M. Stuart, Page, Anne-Laure, Trotter, C L, Caugant, Dominique A, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, Anne-Laure Page, Mamoudou Djingarey, Gamougam, Kadidja, Cyriaque Ngadoua, Toralta, Jacques, Stuart, J M, Stuart, James M, Gamougam, K, Manigart, O, Caroline L. Trotter, Jacques Toralta, Brian M. Greenwood   +35 more
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Evidence for Multi-Organ Infection During Experimental Meningococcal Sepsis due to ST-11 Isolates in Human Transferrin-Transgenic Mice

Microorganisms, 2020
The description of invasive meningococcal disease that is provoked by Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is frequently restricted to meningitis. However, a wide panel of clinical presentations can be encountered including severe forms with intense inflammatory ...
Michael Levy, Myriam Aouiti Trabelsi, Muhamed-Kheir Taha   +2 more
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Primary meningococcal arthritis in a COVID-19 18-year-old man: a case report and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection is associated with various complications. PMA (primary meningococcal arthritis) is a rare meningococcus-associated disease causing arthritis of the knee usually, without ...
Norman Ducatez, Marine Chancel, Youcef Douadi, Charles Dayen, Rémi Suguenot, Emmanuelle Lecuyer, Benoit Brihaye, Houcine Bentayeb   +7 more
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Investigating the aetiology of and evaluating the impact of the Men C vaccination programme on probable meningococcal disease in England and Wales. [PDF]

, 2006
The aims were to (1) investigate the aetiology of probable meningococcal disease, where a clinical diagnosis is made in the absence of laboratory data, and (2) evaluate the impact of the Men C vaccination programme in England and Wales.
Davison, KL, Granerod, J, Crowcroft, NS, Ramsay, ME   +3 more
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Sibling familial risk ratio of meningococcal disease in UK Caucasians. [PDF]

, 2003
To quantify the host genetic component of meningococcal disease (MD) susceptibility, the sibling risk ratio (lambdaS) was calculated as the ratio of observed MD cases among 845 siblings of 443 UK Caucasian cases to that expected, calculated from age ...
Haralambous, E, Hibberd, ML, Levin, M, Weiss, HA, Radalowicz, A, Booy, R   +5 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the 4CMenB vaccine against invasive meningococcal disease and gonorrhoea in an infant, child and adolescent program: protocol

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Invasive meningococcal disease causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, with serogroup B being one of the predominant serogroups in Australia for many years.
Helen S. Marshall, Prabha H. Andraweera, Bing Wang, Mark McMillan, Ann P. Koehler, Noel Lally, Sara Almond, Emma Denehy, Michele A’Houre, Lynne C. Giles, Louise Flood   +10 more
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Risk of sequelae after invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Abstract Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a rare but severe bacterial infection, of which a high proportion of survivors are affected by sequelae. In Denmark, IMD is a notifiable disease and data collection on sequelae information has been automated, enabling studies of sequelae due to IMD diagnosed ...
Sidsel Skou Voss, Jens Nielsen, Palle Valentiner-Branth   +2 more
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Second hand smoke exposure and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Invasive meningococcal disease remains an important cause of serious morbidity and mortality in children and young people. There is a growing body of literature to suggest that exposure to passive smoke may play a role in the development of ...
Murray Rachael L, Britton John, Leonardi-Bee Jo   +2 more
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