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Self Mutilating Behaviour in Severe Meningococcal Infection; An Interesting Association [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Neisseria meningitidis most commonly manifests as asymptomatic colonization in the nasopharynx of healthy adolescents and adults. It may rarely present as invasive disease which may be either bacterial meningitis or meningococcal septicaemia.
Anju Dinkar, Jitendra Singh, Virendra Atam, Krishna Kumar Sahani, Munna Lal Patel   +4 more
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Dynamic models of pneumococcal carriage and the impact of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been introduced in national immunisation programmes of most industrialised countries and recently in two African GAVI eligible countries (Rwanda and The Gambia). However the long term effects of
George, Robert, Robert George, Y.H. Choi, Miller, Elizabeth, Edmunds, John W., Elizabeth Miller, Melegaro, Alessia, Yoon Hong Choi, E. Miller, Choi, Yoon Hong, Gay, Nigel J, Edmunds, W John, Nigel J Gay, R. George, W John Edmunds, Alessia Melegaro, N.J. Gay, W.J. Edmunds, Gay, Nigel J.   +18 more
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Profile of Serogroup Y Meningococcal Infections in Canada: Implications for Vaccine Selection

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2009
Canada is a leader in establishing routine infant immunization programs against meningococcal C disease. Currently, all provinces have routine programs to provide meningococcal C conjugate vaccines to infants and children.
Nicole Le Saux, Julie A Bettinger, Susan Wootton, Scott A Halperin, Wendy Vaudry, David W Scheifele, Raymond Tsang   +6 more
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UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, is a prerequisite for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a potentially devastating infection that disproportionately afflicts infants and children.
Holly B. Bratcher, Charlene M. C. Rodrigues, Adam Finn, Mandy Wootton, J. Claire Cameron, Andrew Smith, Paul Heath, Shamez Ladhani, Matthew D. Snape, Andrew J. Pollard, Richard Cunningham, Raymond Borrow, Caroline Trotter, Stephen J. Gray, Martin C. J. Maiden, Jenny M. MacLennan   +15 more
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Insights on Population Structure and Within-Host Genetic Changes among Meningococcal Carriage Isolates from U.S. Universities

mSphere, 2020
In 2015 and 2016, meningococcal carriage evaluations were conducted at two universities in the United States following mass vaccination campaigns in response to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease outbreaks.
Sandeep J. Joseph, Nadav Topaz, How-Yi Chang, Melissa J. Whaley, Jeni T. Vuong, Alexander Chen, Fang Hu, Susanna E. Schmink, Laurel T. Jenkins, Lorraine D. Rodriguez-Rivera, Jennifer D. Thomas, Anna M. Acosta, Lucy McNamara, Heidi M. Soeters, Sarah Mbaeyi, Xin Wang   +15 more
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Meningococcemia in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab and review of the literature

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare and severe disease characterized by uncontrolled activation and dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway and development of thrombotic microangiopathy. Eculizumab, which is
Diana Üçkardeş, Nilüfer Göknar, Nurhan Kasap, Emre Keleşoğlu, Mustafa Arga, Cengiz Candan   +5 more
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money, Erin Sullivan, Hannah Rector, Corrie E. McDaniel, Jessica L. Markham, Mersine A. Bryan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers

, 2006
Understanding predisposing factors for meningococcal carriage may identify targets for public health interventions. Before mass vaccination with meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine began in autumn 1999, we took pharyngeal swabs from ?14,000 UK ...
MacLennan, J., MacLennan, Jenny, Neal, K., Andrews, Nick, Kafatos, G, Cameron, J. Claire, J. Claire Cameron, Maiden, Martin C J, Kafatos, George, Keith Neal, Cann, Kathy, Evans, M.R., MacLennan, J, Cann, K, Kafatos, G., Cameron, JC, Roberts, Richard, Richard Roberts, Evans, MR, Nick Andrews, Martin C.J. Maiden, James M. Stuart, Evans, Meirion R., Neal, K, David N. Baxter, Maiden, MCJ, Stuart, J.M., Baxter, David N., Roberts, R., Cameron, J.C., Andrews, N., Maiden, M.C.J., Jenny MacLennan, Meirion R. Evans, George Kafatos, Kathy Cann, Andrews, N, Stuart, JM, Cann, K., Roberts, R, Baxter, DN, Stuart, James M., Baxter, D.N., Neal, Keith   +43 more
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Effectiveness of vaccinating household contacts in addition to chemoprophylaxis after a case of meningococcal disease: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2008
SUMMARYWe performed a systematic review to estimate the effectiveness of vaccination, in addition to chemoprophylaxis, in preventing meningococcal disease among household contacts. Medline, EMBASE, EMGM, and EUIBIS were used for data collection.
Stuart, J.M., Hoek, M, Stefanoff, P., Christensen, H, Stefanoff, P, Stuart, JM, Howitz, M, Christensen, H., Hellenbrand, W., Hoek, MR, Hellenbrand, W, Hoek, M.R., Howitz, M.   +12 more
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Greater Cochlear Damage in Otogenic Versus Meningogenic Meningitis: Hearing Rehabilitation Implications

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Otogenic route of meningitis was associated with greater cochlear hair cell loss in comparison with the meningogenic one in this otopathology study. Neuronal depletion has been traditionally implicated in failed hearing rehabilitation of post‐meningitis deafness.
Matheus Pedrosa Tavares, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Rafael da Costa Monsanto, Nevra Keskin‐Yilmaz, Breno Lima de Almeida, Norma de Oliveira Penido   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source