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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
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Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens Causing Meningitis in Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

International Journal of Microbiology, 2016
Background. Meningitis is a serious communicable disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. It is an endemic disease in Egypt caused mainly by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae. In some settings, bacterial
Walaa Shawky Khater, Safia Hamed Elabd
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Perfil etiológico das meningites bacterianas em crianças Etiological profile of bacterial meningitis in children

Jornal de Pediatria, 2002
Objetivo: analisar o perfil etiológico e alguns aspectos epidemiológicos das crianças com meningite bacteriana, internadas em um hospital público universitário.
Orlando C. Mantese, Jorge Hirano, Valéria M. Silva, Irenize C. Santos, Elísio de Castro   +4 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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Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay and Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in Remote Areas, Niger

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus ...
Fati Sidikou, Saacou Djibo, Muhamed Kheir Taha, Jean Michel Alonso, Ali Djibo, Kiari Kaka Kairo, Suzanne Chanteau, Pascal Boisier   +7 more
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Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
In Angola during 2003–2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H.
Heikki Peltola, Tuula Pelkonen, Luis Bernardino, Lurdes Monteiro, Silvia da Conceição Silvestre, Elizabete Anjos, Manuel Leite Cruzeiro, Anne Pitkäranta, Irmeli Roine   +8 more
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Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis

Medicine, 1982
Fifteen cases of Haemophilus influenzae (HI) meningitis in adults occurring of Cleveland during the last 11 years are presented. The majority of patients had factors predisposing to infection such as otitis, pneumonia, diabetes or alcoholism. In addition, 7 of the 15 patients developed meningitis at various intervals following head trauma and ...
P J, Spagnuolo, J J, Ellner, P I, Lerner, M C, McHenry, F, Flatauer, P, Rosenberg, M S, Rosenthal   +6 more
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Bacterial Meningitis and Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine, Malawi

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
A retrospective database review showed that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine decreased the annual number of cases of H. influenzae type b meningitis in children in Blantyre, Malawi. Among young bacterial meningitis patients, HIV prevalence
David W. McCormick, Elizabeth M. Molyneux   +1 more
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Localization of cerebral vasculopathy following bacterial meningitis: What can we learn about postinfective ischemic sequelae?

Brain Circulation, 2023
Cerebrovascular complications of bacterial meningitis account for a high incidence of mortality and postinfective neurologic sequelae. Cerebrovascular complications occurring during acute bacterial meningitis are evident from angiographic evidence ...
Vivig Shantha Kumar, Vignarth Shantha Kumar   +1 more
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae – a case report [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: We describe a case of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae detected by BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) panel on a cerebral spinal fluid sample collected from a repeated lumbar puncture.
M. Patel, Z. Endo, A. Sou, D. El-Khoury, X. MdLuli, V. Patel   +5 more
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