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The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the United States during 2008–2023: an analysis of active, laboratory, population-based, multistate surveillance dataResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: Background: Bacterial meningitis is a severe syndrome with dynamic epidemiology, but assessments of current trends are limited. We aimed to describe changing epidemiologic patterns among common bacterial causes of meningitis in the United ...
Namrata Prasad, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer P. Collins, Amy B. Rubis, Gordana Derado, Miranda J. Delahoy, Daniel C. Payne, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, Henju Marjuki, Lucy A. McNamara, LeAnne M. Fox, Arthur Reingold, Megan Barnes, Susan Petit, Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, Jessica Houston, Bridget J. Anderson, Ann Thomas, Keipp H. Talbot, William Schaffner, Adam L. Cohen, Stephanie J. Schrag, Melissa Arvay   +25 more
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Accuracy of Inflammatory Biomarkers for Ruling out Invasive Bacterial Infections in Young Febrile Infants

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT), C‐reactive protein (CRP) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) to rule out invasive bacterial infections (IBI) in well‐appearing febrile infants aged ≤ 60 days. Methods Multicentre study of infants ≤ 60 days with fever without source.
Ebba Nordström Carlsson, Julie Ansorge, Ioannis Orfanos   +2 more
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Demographic profiles and risk factors for mortality in acute meningitis: A nationwide population‐based observational study

Acute Medicine & Surgery
Aim Acute meningitis encompasses bacterial, viral (aseptic), fungal, tuberculous, and carcinomatous meningitis. The rate and risks of mortality in each type remain uncertain. This study aimed to elucidate these aspects in each type of meningitis. Methods
Tetsuya Akaishi, Kunio Tarasawa, Kiyohide Fushimi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Masashi Aoki, Kenji Fujimori   +5 more
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Acute onset neurological deficits and hypocalcaemia associated with nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in three juvenile servals (Leptailurus serval)

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism is a metabolic disorder caused by an imbalance in calcium homeostasis and is typically associated with the feeding of a calcium‐deficient diet. Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism has been reported in domestic species, including cats and dogs, as well as captive carnivores and wildlife including lions ...
JL Austen, JW Wheelahan, J O'Dwyer, S Beths, NL Rourke, BR Gardner   +5 more
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Differential effects of therapeutic complement inhibitors on serum bactericidal activity against non-groupable meningococcal isolates recovered from patients treated with eculizumab

Haematologica, 2019
Dan M. Granoff, Howard Kim, Nadav Topaz, Jessica MacNeil, Xin Wang, Lucy A. McNamara   +5 more
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Fuzzy Expert System for Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis from Other Types of Meningitis in Children

مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی, 2014
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis requires timely diagnosis and treatment otherwise it will have relatively high complications and mortality and morbidity.
Mostafa Langarizade, Esmat Khajehpour, Hassan Khajehpour, Tayebe Noori   +3 more
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Development of Multi-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for Outbreak Detection of Neisseria meningitidis [PDF]

, 2006
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of septicemia and meningitis worldwide. Traditional typing methods like pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) for identifying outbreaks are subjective and time consuming.
Price, Alicia Anne
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Complications and Economic Burden of Surgery in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps: An Observational Cohort Study Using Swedish Register Data

Clinical Otolaryngology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction There is a lack of comprehensive data on complications following sinus surgery (SS) in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SS‐related complications in CRSwNP patients and examine patient characteristics, predictors of revision surgery, healthcare use, and ...
Petter Olsson, Christoph Abé, Maija Wolf, Mathias Lilja, Tina Maio‐Twofoot, Ola Sunnergren, Pernilla Sahlstrand‐Johnson   +6 more
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Adjuvants : an essential component of neisseria vaccines [PDF]

, 2009
Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action. Neisseria vaccines containing traditional adjuvants such as aluminium salts have existed for long time, but meningitis ...
Acevedo, R., Balbao, J., Cabrera, O., Cuello, M., del Campo, J., Ferro, Valerie A., Gonzales, E., Romeu, B., Zayas, C.   +8 more
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Lights and Landscapes: More‐Than‐Human Nature in Near‐Death Experiences as Reconciliation in a Time of Ecological Crisis

Dialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores lights and landscapes as depicted in near‐death experiences (NDEs). NDEs are specific experiences, which human beings with a (perceived) close brush with death may have and later recall, often including seeing a brilliant light and sometimes traveling to unearthly dimensions, which may or may not include landscapes.
Tobias Anker Stripp
wiley   +1 more source