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Vaccination Uptake and Patient Perceptions Among Haemodialysis Patients: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

J Ren Care
ABSTRACT Background Haemodialysis patients face an elevated risk of infectious diseases due to immunosuppression and frequent exposure to healthcare settings. Vaccination is a critical preventive strategy for this population; however, coverage remains inconsistent across different vaccines.
Potamianou E, Dimitriadou I, Saridi M, Toska A, Fradelos EC, Theofilou P, Papagiannis D.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of haemophilus influenza type b Infection with central nervous system Involvement in young children

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2022
Introduction. Invasive Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) infection often manifests as severe and complicated forms of purulent meningitis in children from birth to 6 years of age.
E. L. Sitkina, T. V. Antonova, R. A. Ivanova, D. A. Lioznov   +3 more
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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Andrew Smith, Aspa, Austrian, Avery, Blake, Cecil, Chris Robertson, David Greenhalgh, Diggle, Donald Inverarity, Giles F. S. Edwards, Guimbao Bescós, Huss, Inostroza, Jim McMenamin, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Karen Lamb, Kendrick, Lamb, Martin, Mathew Diggle, Shapiro, Stuart C. Clarke, Tim J. Mitchell, Weiss   +24 more
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Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in a vaccinated and immunocompetent child

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease decreased dramatically after the introduction of conjugate vaccine in routine immunization schedules.We report a case of a fifteen-months-old girl, previously healthy and vaccinated, admitted in the ...
Ana F. Almeida, Eunice Trindade, Artur B. Vitor, Margarida Tavares   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis in Adults [PDF]

BMJ, 1974
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis though common in childhood is rarely seen in the adult. During the past four years eight cases of H. influenzae meningitis have been seen in St. Thomas's Hospital and four of these were in patients over 20 years old. There was a possible predisposing condition in two patients.
S J, Eykyn, R D, Thomas, I, Phillips
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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]

, 2017
In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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The first reported case of possible Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine failure from Kuwait and literature-review

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014
Summary: A 17-month-old vaccinated Kuwaiti boy presented with meningitis. The Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) capsular antigen was detected in his blood, CSF and urine. The microorganism failed to grow in culture.
Prashant Purohit, Ina’am Ahmad Al-Obaid, Nehad Gamal Al-Deen Omar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pitfalls associated with the use of molecular diagnostic panels in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]

, 2017
We report the case of a kidney transplantation patient on chronic immunosuppressive therapy presenting with subacute meningitis. The final diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis was delayed due to 2 false-negative cryptococcal results on a molecular ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann, Dubberke, Erik, Franklin, Alexander, Lainhart, William, O\u27Halloran, Jane A, Powderly, William   +5 more
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Fulminating Haemophilus Influenzae b Meningitis [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1984
SUMMARYHaemophilus influenzae type b (HIb) is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children with a mortality rate ranging from 1.6% to 14%. Most patients have a 2-3 day history of symptoms prior to admission. A few have fulminating disease with rapid neurological deterioration. Review of 191 cases of HIb meningitis revealed a mortality rate
N E, MacDonald, D L, Keene, A M, Mackenzie, P, Humphreys, A L, Jefferies, L P, Ivan   +5 more
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Murine cytomegalovirus genomic material in marrow cells; relation to altered leukocyte counts during sublethal infection of mice [PDF]

, 1987
To investigate infection of hematopoietic cells by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), we used in situ hybridization to detect MCMV genomic material in marrow cells during sublethal infection of three-week-old mice.
Bale, J. F., Giller, R., Koszinowski, Ulrich H., O'Neil, M. E., Perlman, S.   +4 more
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