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A Vignette‐Based Survey to Assess Clinical Decision Making Regarding Antibiotic Use and Hospitalization of Patients with Probable Aseptic Meningitis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 125-129, 2012., 2012
BACKGROUND: The many etiologies of meningitis influence disease severity – most viral causes are self‐limiting, while bacterial etiologies require antibiotics and hospitalization. Aided by laboratory findings, the physician judges whether to admit and empirically treat the patient (presuming a bacterial cause), or to treat supportively as if it were ...
Glenn Patriquin, Jill Hatchette, Kevin Forward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal colonization of the brain: anatomopathological aspects of neurological cryptococcosis

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015
Brain infection by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans results in an estimated 500,000 human deaths per annum. Colonization of the central nervous system (CNS) by C.
ANA CAROLINE COLOMBO, MARCIO L. RODRIGUES   +1 more
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Olfactory groove meningioma [PDF]

, 2006
Olfactory groove meningiomas compromise approximately 8-18% of intracranial meningiomas and harbor frequently large sizes when diagnosticated. We report 13 consecutive cases operated on Hospital São Paulo and Hospital Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos ...
Faedo Neto, Atílio, Herculano, Marco Antonio, Paiva Neto, Manoel Antonio de, Tella Jr, Osvaldo Inácio de   +3 more
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Clinical Presentation of Patients with Aseptic Meningitis, Factors Influencing Treatment and Hospitalization, and Consequences of Enterovirus Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page e1-e5, 2012., 2012
INTRODUCTION: Clinical and laboratory features of enteroviral meningitis may overlap with those of bacterial meningitis. In the present retrospective review, we compared features of enteroviral (EV)‐positive and ‐negative patients to determine those that were most influential in admission, discharge and in anti‐infective administration.
Glenn Patriquin, Jill Hatchette, Kevin Forward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vacinação contra Haemophilus influenzae tipo b: proteção a longo prazo Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination: long term protection

Jornal de Pediatria, 2006
OBJETIVO: Identificar as evidências sobre o impacto da vacina conjugada para Haemophilus influenzae tipo b (Hib) na epidemiologia da doença invasiva por Hib.
Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho, Ana Lúcia S. Sgambatti de Andrade   +1 more
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Encéphalite cérébelleuse compliquant une méningite à pneumocoque:

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
L'encéphalite cérébelleuse correspond à une atteinte inflammatoire diffuse ou focale du cortex cérébelleux. Elle complique rarement la méningite à pneumocoque. Nous rapportons dans cette observation un cas d'un militaire sénégalais de 22 ans en formation
Moustapha Diop, Papa Samba Ba, Tracie Joyner Youbong, rahima Keita, Ndong Essomba, Pape Moussa Diouf, Mathilde Ndèye Sarr, ouhamadou Ndiaye, Khadidiatou Ba-Fall   +8 more
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Perfil epidemiológico da meningite no Brasil, com base nos dados provenientes do DataSUS nos anos de 2020 e 2021

Research, Society and Development, 2022
Introdução: considerada uma doença de grande relevância à Saúde Pública, a meningite cujo alicerce fisiopatológico é a inflamação grave das meninges. Materiais e métodos: pesquisa descritiva, transversal, retrospectiva realizada por meio do SINAN em 2020
Tamires Saraiva Aguiar, Michelle Carneiro Fonseca, Mariana César dos Santos, Giancarlo Paiva Nicoletti, Daniella Santos Guedes Alcoforado, Sueleide Cristina Dantas dos Santos, Maria de Lourdes de Farias Pontes, Thallyson Fellype Rangel Soares, Guilherme Clarindo Marcos, Sheilla Cristina Maia Teixeira, Beatriz Medeiros de Macedo, Luan Nogueira Bezerra de Medeiros, Gustavo Henrique Azevedo Brandao, Alessandra Gurgel Câmara, A. M. M. Macêdo Júnior   +14 more
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Meningitis due to Bacillus cereus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page e16-e19, 2012., 2012
Bacillus cereus is infrequently associated with invasive central nervous system (CNS) disease. Infection is associated with conditions that lead to reduced host immunity and provide direct access to the CNS, such as spinal anesthesia and ventricular tubes and shunts.
Michael P Stevens, Kara Elam, Gonzalo Bearman   +2 more
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Acute bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to the antimicrobian agents and their serotypes Meningite bacteriana aguda por Streptococcus pneumoniae resistente aos antimicrobianos e seus sorotipos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2008
The main objectives of this study are to evaluate the resistance rates of Streptococcus pneumonia to penicillin G, ceftriaxone and vancomycin in patients with meningitis; to analyze possible risk factors to the antimicrobian resistance; to describe the ...
Andrea Maciel de Oliveira Rossoni, Libera Maria Dalla Costa, Denize Bonato Berto, Sônia Santos Farah, Marilene Gelain, Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone, Vitor Hugo Mariano Ramos, Sergio Monteiro de Almeida   +7 more
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Impacto da meningite entre os anos de 2010 a 2020 no Brasil

Revista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas, 2022
Introdução: a meningite é uma infecção que afeta as membranas as quais revestem o encéfalo e a medula espinhal, sendo incluída na Lista Nacional de Doenças de Notificação Compulsória.
Gustavo Fernandes Queiroga Moraes, Mateus Atanael Oliveira Galdino, Anna Paula de Castro Teixeira   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source