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Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnostics and Screening in the Era of Point-of-Care Laboratory Testing. [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Over the past ten years, standard diagnostics for cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected persons have evolved from culture to India ink to detection of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg), with the recent development and distribution of a point-of-care lateral ...
Beyene, T, Boulware, DR, Katende, A, Letang, E, Rajasingham, R, Wake, RM   +5 more
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Life After Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Insights from Survivors and Their Caregivers

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has a low incidence but is a life-threatening illness that is preventable via vaccination. Even with treatment, up to 10–15% of cases are fatal, and many survivors may experience severe long-term sequelae.
Oscar Herrera-Restrepo, Nuzhat Afroz, Eliazar Sabater Cabrera, Matthew Reaney, France Ginchereau Sowell, Ramiya Kumar, Alicia Stillman, Patti Wukovits, Mariana Rodrigues, Sofia B. Pinto, Zeki Kocaata, Obinna Onwude   +11 more
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Symptomatic Female Genital Tract Infections Due to Neisseria meningitidis in Athens, Greece

Diagnostics, 2021
Neisseria meningitidis is considered as an obligate human pathogen and can cause life-threatening diseases like meningitis and/or septicaemia. Occasionally, it can be recovered from infections outside the bloodstream or central nervous system, like ...
Anastasios Tsakalos, Athanasia Xirogianni, Georgia Ekonomou, Anastasia Papandreou, Efstratios Prokopiou, Eleni Vagiakou, Georgina Tzanakaki   +6 more
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A Systematic Review of Cases of Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis on Lumbar Puncture [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days.
Pettigrew, Alexis, Troendle, Michelle
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system. [PDF]

, 2012
Routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant reduction in childhood deaths. However, PCVs have been associated with replacement disease with non-vaccine serotypes.
Adegbola, Richard A, Akinsola, Bolanle, Baldeh, Ignatius, Greenwood, Brian M, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Ikumapayi, Usman N, Jasseh, Momodou, Knoll, Maria Deloria, Lee, Ellen, Levine, Orin S, Mackenzie, Grant A, Plumb, Ian D, Saha, Debasish, Sambou, Sana, Touray, Kebba, Uchendu, Uchendu, Usuf, Effua, Wattiaux, Andre   +18 more
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Salmonella Infection After Craniotomy. [PDF]

, 2017
Salmonella is an uncommon cause of meningitis, especially after neurosurgery. Here, we present a case of Salmonella meningitis after craniotomy, likely due to physical contact with a snake after surgery, with contiguous spread from the patient's hand to ...
Byer, Lennox, Jacobs, Richard, Osorio, Joseph A, Rutledge, Caleb, Theodosopoulos, Philip V, Wallender, Erika   +5 more
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Detection of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis [PDF]

, 2018
The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is often difficult. Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) is available as a biological marker for the diagnosis of fungal meningitis, there are limited data on its use for ...
Albers, Amanda, Bloch, Karen C., Chow, Felicia C., Davis, Thomas E., Hage, Chadi A., Khairy, Raed N., Myint, Thein, Raymond-Guillen, Luke, Street, Alan C., Wheat, L. Joseph, Woc-Colburn, Laila, Wright, Patty W., Yamamoto, Tomotaka   +12 more
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Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates in Burkina Faso as the relative importance of serogroups X and W increases, 2008–2012

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A disease in Burkina Faso has greatly decreased following introduction of a meningococcal A conjugate vaccine in 2010, yet other serogroups continue to pose a risk of life-threatening disease. Capsule switching
Adam C. Retchless, Malika Congo-Ouédraogo, Dinanibè Kambiré, Jeni Vuong, Alex Chen, Fang Hu, Absetou Ky Ba, Abdoul-Salam Ouédraogo, Soumeya Hema-Ouangraoua, Jaymin C. Patel, Rasmata Ouédraogo Traoré, Lassana Sangaré, Xin Wang   +12 more
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Aseptic meningitis in a patient taking etanercept for rheumatoid arthritis: a case report [PDF]

, 2008
Background \ud We report a case of a 53 year old lady recently commenced on etanercept, an anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) therapy for rheumatoid arthritis presenting with \ud confusion, pyrexia and an erythematous rash. \ud \ud Case presentation \ud
AP Cairns, B Killingley, DJ Lovell, J Listing, JR Curtis, Julia Flint, M Chávez-López, Matthew J Booker, ME Weinblatt, NR Slifman, P Pagliano, R Quispel, Shanmugam Saravana, WG Dixon   +13 more
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Evolution and neutralization escape of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 subvariant

Nature Communications, 2023
Omicron BA.2.86 subvariant differs from Omicron BA.2 as well as recently circulating variants by over 30 mutations in the spike protein alone. Here we report on the isolation of the live BA.2.86 subvariant from a diagnostic swab collected in South Africa
Khadija Khan, Gila Lustig, Cornelius Römer, Kajal Reedoy, Zesuliwe Jule, Farina Karim, Yashica Ganga, Mallory Bernstein, Zainab Baig, Laurelle Jackson, Boitshoko Mahlangu, Anele Mnguni, Ayanda Nzimande, Nadine Stock, Dikeledi Kekana, Buhle Ntozini, Cindy van Deventer, Terry Marshall, Nithendra Manickchund, Bernadett I. Gosnell, Richard J. Lessells, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa, Tulio de Oliveira, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Richard A. Neher, Alex Sigal   +28 more
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