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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 OBJECTIVES To describe risk factors (RFs) and quantify their effects in invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and associated mortality across all age groups based on the available published literature.
Himanshu Dubey +6 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 +9 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Vaccination of at-risk populations against Neisseria meningitidis is an important strategy to prevent invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). The objective of this study was to characterize preexisting risk factors in patients with IMD and to compare their
M. Taha +6 more
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A severe course of serogroup W meningococcemia in a patient with infantile nephropathic cystinosis
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 We present a 9-month old boy with cystinosis admitted to our hospital with the complaints of vomiting, diarrhea and seizure. While he was hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit due to worsening of his signs related to cystinosis, within hours ...
Gurkan Bozan +7 more
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Neisseria meningitidis IgA1-specific serine protease exhibits novel cleavage activity against IgG3
Virulence, 2021 Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a common bacterial colonizer of the human nasopharynx but can occasionally cause very severe systemic infections with rapid onset.
Christian Spoerry +3 more
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Cocirculation of Hajj and non-Hajj strains among serogroup W meningococci in Italy, 2000 to 2016 [PDF]
, 2019 In Italy, B and C are the predominant serogroups among meningococci causing invasive diseases. Nevertheless, in the period from 2013 to 2016, an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) was observed.
Arghittu M. +16 more
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Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in Canada, 2012–2019
Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, 2022 Background A variety of routine childhood and adolescent meningococcal vaccination programs using monovalent (serogroup C) and quadrivalent (A, C, Y, W) conjugate vaccines have been implemented in Canada since 2002, resulting in a decrease in invasive ...
M. Saboui +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022 We describe cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis belonging to a novel phylogenetic clade associated with urethritis. Seven cases were identified, comprising 0.6% of sequenced invasive meningococcal disease
Sara E. Oliver +9 more
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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 +2 more
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