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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

, 2017
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.
Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comaru, Quadros, Mauricio de, Prezzi, Sérgio Henrique, Rosa, Daniela Dornelles   +3 more
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Current Understanding of Meningitis Pathogens, Immunity Gap, and Future Prevention Strategies in Sri Lanka: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Int J Microbiol
Heshani T, Sandaru D, Madhushara S, Ejazi SA, Deepachandi B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mass Gatherings as Amplifiers of Meningococcal Disease: A Modeling Study of Hajj and Umrah. [PDF]

Infect Dis Ther
Coudeville L, Abuhasan M, Alasmari A, Khan A, Yezli S, Abdelaziz R, Coste F, Dogu A, Upegui A, Wahba G, Assiri A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Invasive meningococcal disease over five decades in the Faroe Islands: high incidence, low mortality, and implications for vaccination policy. [PDF]

IJID Reg
Helmsdal G, Gaini S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Disseminated meningococcal infection presenting with constrictive pericarditis and bilateral septic arthritis without meningitis: A case report. [PDF]

SAGE Open Med Case Rep
Binidris M, Shehata M, Mahfouz A, Abousaad O, Francis W, Rafeeq M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Meningococcal vaccines

, 2017
Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitides. Meningococcal disease most often presents as meningitis, blood poisoning and pneumonia. (See fact sheet available at https://www.nt.gov.au and search for meningococcal.

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Bacterial Meningitis Epidemiology in Burkina Faso and Niger-High-Risk Countries in the Meningitis Belt of Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015-2023. [PDF]

J Infect Dis
Pinell-McNamara VA, Ouédraogo HS, Kafando L, Sani O, Issoufou AA, Tassiou EI, Sanou M, Tarbangdo F, Bita A, Fernandez K, Kekeisen-Chen J, Cureau N, Aboubacar A, Acho F, Aké F, Childs L, Farrar JL, Gbaguidi CAP, Kambou F, Katsande R, Kobayashi M, Latt A, Lingani C, Marjuki H, McGee L, Neatherlin J, Novak RT, Ouattara M, Pezzoli L, Soeters HM, Tonde I, Tamboura M, Mamane Z, Yameogo I, McNamara LA.   +34 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Management and clinical outcomes of meningococcal disease in pediatric and adolescent patients in Makkah, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective bicenter study. [PDF]

IJID Reg
Mashabi A, Alrammaal H, Safhi N, Khayyat Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adjunctive Corticosteroids in Pediatric Meningitis: Current Evidence, Clinical Controversies, and Future Directions. [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
Zambelli G, Masetti M, Diona S, Bonacorsi L, Addati I, Esposito S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Parents' and caregivers' views on pediatric meningococcal disease and serogroup B vaccination. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Herrera-Restrepo O, Gupta V, Jacobovitz S, Olaiya T, Kuylen E, Dahyaleh K, Kwock L, Pinto T, Pinto SB, Staebler S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source