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Hospital based management of suspected Meningococcal Sepsis/Meningitis

open access: yes, 1999
Acute meningococcal disease is a life threatening infection. It may present as meningitis and or septicaemia. More rarely other forms of invasive meningococcal disease are encountered. Overall, the mortality for meningococcal infection is approximately 5
Department of Health (DoH)   +1 more
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Meningitis and meningococcal disease

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter explores the various causes of meningitis and focuses on meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, which can also result in other invasive illnesses (meningococcal disease, e.g. meningococcal septicaemia/meningococcaemia).
Gill Marsh   +2 more
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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

open access: yesBrazilian 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   +3 more
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Meningococcal meningitis increase in Moscow associated with serogroup A: advice to travellers

open access: yes, 2003
There has been a rise in the number of cases of meningococcal meningitis in ...
S Handford, J Lawrence
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Thoracic myelopathy complicating acute meningococcal meningitis: MRI findings

open access: yes, 2002
Spinal cord dysfunction is a rare complication of Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcal) meningitis. We report a 17-year-old patient who had a 3-day history of fever, headache and vomiting, agitation, and unresponsiveness.
Bakshi, Rohit   +3 more
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Endogenous Endophthalmitis as a Complication of Meningococcal Meningitis

open access: yes, 1998
Meningococcal endophthalmitis is an unusal complication of meningococcal meningitis. The importance of early diagnosis and aggressive therapy in preventing blinding complications is well known ...
Arati D. Pandya; Lisa J. Vredevoogd; Ghassan Cordahi; Harsha A. Sen; Robert S. Baker
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Meningococcal meningitis

open access: yes, 1996
Meningococcal meningitis has been recognised as serious problem for almost 200 years. In Africa the disease occurs in epidemics periodically during the hot and dry weather in the "meningitis belt" and in east Africa, which is outside this belt the ...
Mirza, NB, Bhatt, KM,, Bhatt, SM,
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Reported cases of meningococcal meningitis in Sokoto between epidemiological weeks 1 and 25, 2017.

open access: yes, 2018
Reported cases of meningococcal meningitis in Sokoto between epidemiological weeks 1 and 25, 2017.
Assad Hassan (5420819)   +12 more
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