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Clonal analysis of meningococci during a 26 year period prior to the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccines [PDF]

, 2015
Meningococcal disease remains a public health burden in the UK and elsewhere. Invasive Neisseria meningitidis, isolated in Scotland between 1972 and 1998, were characterised retrospectively to examine the serogroup and clonal structure of the circulating
Clarke, Stuart C., Davies, Robert L., Diggle, Mathew A., Sullivan, Christopher B.   +3 more
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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

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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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza [PDF]

, 2012
WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens ...
Black, Catto, Choudhuri, George, Graham, Higginson, Horwood, Huda, Lawn, Nair, Nair, Nair, O'Brien, Osterholt, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Tomlinson, Watt, Webster   +21 more
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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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Possibilities of immunocytochemical phenotyping of cells in cerebrospinal fluid while children’s bacterial meningitis

Журнал инфектологии, 2014
Comparative dynamic clinical and immunomorphological researches of children’s cerebrospinal fluid were made during bacterial purulent meningitis (caused by Neisseria meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza).
V. E. Karev, N. V. Skripchenko, I. A. Ivaschenko, L. A. Alekseeva, A. N. Voskaniants   +4 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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Méningite à Haemophilus influenzaee type non b chez un nourrisson: cause rare à pronostic réservé

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
Non-type b Haemophilus influenzae strains are a rare cause of invasive secondary involvement in infants. We here report the case of a 11-month old infant with meningitis caused by non-type b Haemophilus influenzae, a polymorphic gram-negative bacillus ...
Meriem Rachidi, Fatima Azzahraa Moussair, Naima Daoudi, Nabila Soraa   +3 more
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Sialic acid utilization by Cronobacter sakazakii [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The Cronobacter genus is composed of seven species, and can cause infections in all age groups. Of particular concern is C. sakazakii, as this species is strongly associated with severe and often fatal cases of necrotizing enterocolitis and ...
Forsythe, S, Hariri, S, Joseph, S, Masood, N   +3 more
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Endoftalmitis endógena como primera manifestación de meningitis por Haemophilus influenza: reporte de un caso

Infectio, 2020
Endogenous endophthalmitis is responsible for 2-15% of endophthalmitis, it is associated with a systemic infection in up to 52-90% of cases, in the context of systemic infections such as liver abscesses, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis ...
Alba Pérez M
doaj   +1 more source