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Impact of the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis-Encephalitis Panel on Management of Suspected Paediatric Central Nervous System Infections: A Single-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

J Paediatr Child Health
ABSTRACT Background Meningoencephalitis causes significant morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. Prompt diagnosis remains challenging, yet advances in molecular diagnostic technology have improved diagnostic performance. This study examined whether the introduction of the BioFire FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) multiplex panel impacted ...
Churcher LM, Bartlett AW, Pendle S, Slade R, Williams PCM.   +4 more
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Diagnostic Value of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Bacterial Meningitis: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a potentially life‐threatening condition that could rapidly progress to permanent brain damage, neurologic complications, or even death. Diagnostic tools to distinguish between BM and aseptic meningitis (AM) are essential to target the appropriate treatment to patients at great risk and concurrently ...
Koyiri V, Karim A, Akwetey S, Walana W, Vicar E, Weyori E, Azure S, Dombadoh A, Karikari A.   +8 more
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Real-World Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray ME Panel: Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Central nervous system (CNS) infections carry high morbidity and mortality, yet traditional diagnostics often fail to identify the causative agent promptly. Rapid multiplex panels offer broader and faster pathogen detection, making it important to understand their real‐world clinical value.
Erinmez M, Sağlam M, Çalışkantürk G, Özerol M, Zer Y.   +4 more
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Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Adults ≥65 Years, United States, 2011. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundSince the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae serotype b vaccine, H influenzae epidemiology has shifted. In the United States, the largest burden of disease is now in adults aged ≥65 years.
Bennett, Nancy, Blain, Amy, Briere, Elizabeth, Clark, Thomas, Cohn, Amanda, Farley, Monica M, Harrison, Lee H, Lexau, Catherine, MacNeil, Jessica, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wang, Xin   +15 more
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HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INFECTION IN CHILDREN DURING SPORADIC MORBIDITY: CLINICAL CASES WITH DIFFERENT (FAVORABLE OR FATAL) OUTCOMES

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2017
Haemophilus influenzae infection in children is detected as sporadic cases and is characterized by polymorphism of clinical symptoms (rhinopharyngitis, purulent meningitis, acute epiglottitis, panniculitis, etc.), which complicates an early diagnosis and
Gennadii A. Kharchenko, Olga G. Kimirilova   +1 more
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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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Unbiased Metagenomic Sequencing for Pediatric Meningitis in Bangladesh Reveals Neuroinvasive Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and Other Unrealized Pathogens. [PDF]

, 2019
The burden of meningitis in low-and-middle-income countries remains significant, but the infectious causes remain largely unknown, impeding institution of evidence-based treatment and prevention decisions.
Crawford, Emily D., de Bourcy, Charles, De Carvalho, Tiago Rodrigues, DeRisi, Joseph L., Dimitrov, Boris, Duggal, Nisha, Egger, Rebecca, Hasanuzzaman, Md, Islam, Maksuda, Juan, Yun-Fang, Kalantar, Katrina, Khan, Lillian M., Langelier, Charles, Li, Lucy M., Malaker, Roly, Mayday, Madeline Y., Rahman, Hafizur, Ramesh, Akshaya, Saha, Samir K., Saha, Senjuti, Sajib, M. S. I., Sheu, Jonathan, Tang, Jennifer, Tato, Cristina M., Wang, James, Wilson, Michael R.   +25 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
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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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Conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines for sickle cell disease. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: People affected with sickle cell disease are at high risk of infection from Haemophilus influenzae type b. Before the implementation of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccination in high-income countries, this was responsible for a ...
Allali, Slimane, Ballas, Samir K., Chalumeau, Martin, de Montalembert, Mariane, Launay, Odile   +4 more
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