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Meningococcal Serogroup Y Meningitis Reveals Inborn Factor B Deficiency. [PDF]

Eur J Immunol
We report a novel case of complete complement Factor B deficiency revealed by invasive meningococcal disease. Using combined functional and genetic analyses, we demonstrate that loss of Factor B abolishes alternative pathway activity despite detectable protein levels. These findings provide a mechanistic framework relevant to complement diagnostics and
Bougeard C, Eskander E, Martins PV, Bitan J, Roquigny J, Kyheng C, Guiddir T, Frémeaux-Bacchi V, Gonnin C, ElSissy C.   +9 more
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Vaccination Uptake and Patient Perceptions Among Haemodialysis Patients: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

J Ren Care
ABSTRACT Background Haemodialysis patients face an elevated risk of infectious diseases due to immunosuppression and frequent exposure to healthcare settings. Vaccination is a critical preventive strategy for this population; however, coverage remains inconsistent across different vaccines.
Potamianou E, Dimitriadou I, Saridi M, Toska A, Fradelos EC, Theofilou P, Papagiannis D.   +6 more
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Clinical Case of Repeated Generalized Infection and Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2021
Background. Meningococcal disease is socially significant, deadly infectious disease characterized by severe and unpredictable course. Clinical case description.
Mariya S. Vedyashkina, Anna M. Dubrovsky, Olga V. Lopatina, Svetlana V. Rychkova   +3 more
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Doença meningocócica: comparação entre formas clínicas Meningococcal disease: comparison between clinical forms

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
Visando avaliar formas clínicas da doença meningocócica, foram revistos 201 casos diagnosticados como doença meningocócica, em Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal Fluminense; durante o período de 1971 a 1996, dos quais 185 preencheram os ...
Nádia Stella-Silva, Solange Artimos Oliveira, Keyla Belízia Feldman Marzochi   +2 more
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Incidence, carriage and case-carrier ratios for meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundTo facilitate the interpretation of meningococcal meningitis epidemiology in the "African meningitis belt", we aimed at obtaining serogroup-specific pooled estimates of incidence, carriage and case-carrier ratios for meningococcal meningitis in
Thibaut Koutangni, Halima Boubacar Maïnassara, Judith E Mueller   +2 more
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Fatal meningococcal meningitis in a HIV-infected patient caused by serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the non-hypervirulent clonal complex ST-60 (cc60)

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Meningococcal strains belonging to clonal complex cc60 are not associated with hypervirulent lineages and were never reported as causing disease in Latin American countries.
Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Biologist, Denise Cotrim da Cunha, MD, Veronica Cavalcanti, Biologist, Ivano de Filippis   +3 more
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Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2007
The Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana lies in the African "meningitis belt" where epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have been reoccurring every eight to 12 years for the last 100 years.
Julia Leimkugel, Abraham Hodgson, Abudulai Adams Forgor, Valentin Pflüger, Jean-Pierre Dangy, Tom Smith, Mark Achtman, Sébastien Gagneux, Gerd Pluschke   +8 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease and travel

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2010
Summary: The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease varies geographically and in time and the risk of acquiring the disease varies regionally, as well as with living conditions and behavior.
Ziad A. Memish, Anette Goubeaud, Michael Bröker, Claudius Malerczyk, Atef M. Shibl   +4 more
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Meningococcal septicaemia reported in an immunocompetent adult: A Case Report

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the Gram negative diplococcus, Neisseria meningitidis. It is characterized by nonspecific symptoms of fever and constitutional symptoms followed by septic shock   and meningitis.
S. Puthra, P. Selladurai, N. S. Chandrasiri, A. G. H. Sugathapala   +3 more
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Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing the Perception and Management of Meningitis among Older Patients and Their Caregivers

Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 2022
Limited studies have investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing the management and control of Meningococcal Meningitis among older adults in Northern Nigeria.
Kafayat Mahmoud, Moshood Issah, Darlingtina Esiaka   +2 more
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