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Meningococcal Meningitis Surveillance in the African Meningitis Belt, 2004-2013. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: An enhanced meningitis surveillance network was established across the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa in 2003 to rapidly collect, disseminate, and use district weekly data on meningitis incidence.
Bergeron-Caron, Cassi, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, Fernandez, Katya, Lingani, Clément, Perea, William A, Ronveaux, Olivier, Schnitzler, Johannes C, Stuart, James M   +7 more
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Multiplex quantitative PCR for detection of lower respiratory tract infection and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

BMC Microbiology, 2010
BackgroundStreptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae cause pneumonia and as Neisseria meningitidis they are important agents of meningitis. Although several PCR methods have been described for these bacteria the specificity is an underestimated ...
G. Abdeldaim, K. Strålin, J. Korsgaard, J. Blomberg, C. Welinder‐Olsson, B. Herrmann   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aetiological Fraction of Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Respiratory Pathogens in Infants Aged < 1 Year Hospitalised With Respiratory and Non‐Respiratory Medical Illness in South Africa, 2016–2018

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Understanding the contribution of pathogens to respiratory illness in infants is important to guide interventions. We assessed the aetiology of respiratory pathogens among infants hospitalised with respiratory and non‐respiratory illness. Methods We conducted an unmatched case–control study among infants aged < 1 year.
Nicole Wolter, Cheryl Cohen, Anne von Gottberg, Stefano Tempia, Jocelyn Moyes, Claire von Mollendorf, Florette K. Treurnicht, Orienka Hellferscee, Kathleen Subramoney, Malefu Moleleki, Cayla Reddy, Lorens Maake, Mvuyo Makhasi, Neydis Baute, Sibongile Walaza   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

SEPSIS СAUSED BY HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2018
The article provides clinical examples of hemophilic sepsis developed in non-vaccinated children with immunodeficiency conditions resulted in death.
A. L. Rossina, S. B. Chuelov, A. A. Korsunskiy, O. A. Kaschenko, M. V. Popova, O. Y. Brunova, T. S. Trifonova, E. S. Tarasova, M. K. Astamirov, S. А. Basharin, A. V. Stupina, I. V. Girutskaya, O. V. Shamsheva   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Meningitis Epidemiology in Five Countries in the Meningitis Belt of Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015-2017.

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND The MenAfriNet Consortium supports strategic implementation of case-based meningitis surveillance in key high-risk countries of the African meningitis belt: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Togo.
Heidi M. Soeters, A. Diallo, B. Bicaba, Goumbi Kadadé, Assétou Y Dembélé, Mahamat A Acyl, Christelle Nikiema, A. Sadji, Alain N Poy, Clément Lingani, H. Tall, Souleymane Sakande, F. Tarbangdo, F. Aké, Sarah A Mbaeyi, J. Moïsi, M. Paye, Y. Sanogo, Jeni T. Vuong, Xin Wang, O. Ronveaux, Ryan T Novak   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heparin‐Binding Protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Biomarker for Bacterial Meningitis: A Study of Diagnostic Accuracy

Annals of Neurology, Volume 97, Issue 6, Page 1088-1095, June 2025.
Objective We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of heparin‐binding protein (HBP) in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in patients with a suspected central nervous system infection. Methods This prospective multicenter cohort study determined the diagnostic accuracy of HBP in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for bacterial ...
Sabine E. Olie, Steven L. Staal, Ana C. da Cruz Campos, Jacob Bodilsen, Henrik Nielsen, Diederik van de Beek, Matthijs C. Brouwer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute bacterial meningitis among children under five years of age in Oman: a retrospective study during 2000-2005

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008
Background: During the last two decades, significant changes have taken place in the epidemiology of meningitis, especially due to the global availability and expanding use of Hib vaccines.
Nihar Dash,1,2 Debadatta Panigrahi,2 Saleh Al Khusaiby,3 Salah Al Awaidy,4 Shyam Bawikar.4
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Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]

, 2016
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Anderson, ST, Bah, G, Cunnington, A, Darboe, S, Lawal, B, Soothill, G   +5 more
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical

MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
A review of an introduction to the mechanisms of formation of OMVs, their action on bacteria and relationship to disease, vaccines, biomonitoring, drug delivery and regenerative medicine in the clinic. ABSTRACT Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth.
Jun Zhou, Shuang Zou, Derong Dai, Liqing He, Xingyu Mou, Ninglin Zhao, Hong Li, Rui Bao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among children in Brazil, 1997-1998 Epidemiologia de meningites bacterianas entre crianças no Brasil, 1997 a 1998

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and the descriptive epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among individuals under age 20 in a geographically defined region in Brazil during the two-year period immediately preceding the introduction of Haemophilus ...
Débora PL Weiss, Paul Coplan, Harry Guess   +2 more
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