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A case report of multiple cerebral abscess formation complicating serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) presenting with meningitis causes significant mortality and morbidity. Suppurative complications of serogroup B meningococcal sepsis are rare and necessitate urgent multidisciplinary management to mitigate ...
Ciara O’Connor, Aedin Collins, Eilish Twomey, Conor Hensey, John Caird, Patrick J. Gavin   +5 more
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Meningococcus this Winter : what was going on? [PDF]

, 1996
There was a time in the not very distant past when meningococcus was not being recognised locally. While laboratory sensitivity used to isolate Neisseria meningitidis has not changed in Malta, the frequency of its detection has increased, more so in the ...
Falzon, Dennis
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The Diversity of Meningococcal Carriage Across the African Meningitis Belt and the Impact of Vaccination With a Group A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Study of meningococcal carriage is essential to understanding the epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis infection. METHODS: Twenty cross-sectional carriage surveys were conducted in 7 countries in the African meningitis belt; 5 surveys were ...
MenAfriCar consortium
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Meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for mass and routine vaccination with available polysaccharide vaccines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003
Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which is protective at all ...
Robbins John B., Schneerson Rachel, Gotschlich Emil C., Mohammed Idris, Nasidi Abdulsalami, Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Bernardino Luis, Maiga Moussa A.   +7 more
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Meningococcal Meningitis

Oman Medical Journal, 2018
Meningococcal meningitis has a wide range of neurological complications. However, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following infection with Neisseria meningitidis is uncommon.
Sudhir Kumar Palat Chirakkara1*, , Abdul Rahim Ali Bakhsh2, , Aparna Kalyani Pariyadath3 and , Balamurugan Rathinavelu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neisseria meningitidis nasopharyngeal carriage during the Hajj: A cohort study evaluating the need for ciprofloxacin prophylaxis [PDF]

, 2017
Background The annual Muslim pilgrimage has the potential of increase risk for acquisition of Neisseria meningitidis. Here, we evaluate the Hajj impact on the prevalence of N.
Abdallah Assiri, Abdulhafeez Turkistani, Esam I. Azhar, Huda Ben Helaby, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Malak Almasri, Muhammad Yasir, Muneera S. Al-Saeed, Ray Borrow, Ziad A. Memish   +9 more
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A review of acute bacterial meningitis in childhood [PDF]

, 1996
This paper reviews the epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of acute bacterial meningitis in childhood. The epidemiology of this infection has undergone significant changes with the implementation of effective immunisation, antibiotic therapy and ...
Muscat Baron, Astrid, Muscat Baron, Yves
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Meningococcal meningitis [PDF]

BMJ, 1988
A S, Sohal, V R, Rao
openaire   +2 more sources

Safety and efficacy of eculizumab in adult and pediatric patients with aHUS, with or without baseline dialysis [PDF]

, 2015
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Hourmant, Maryvonne, Kincaid, John F, Legendre, Christophe M, Menne, Jan, van de Kar, Nicole CAJ, Vande Walle, Johan   +5 more
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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The authors report a case of deficiency of the eighth component of complement in a young adult with a history of three episodes of meningitis; one of them proved to be meningococcal.
Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Maurício de Quadros, Sérgio Henrique Prezzi   +3 more
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