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Meningococcic Meningitis [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1920
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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]

, 2017
In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed ...
Clark, Thomas A, Cohn, Amanda C, Farley, Monica M, Hall, H Irene, Harris, Christine M, Harrison, Lee H, Lee, Adria, Li, Jianmin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica R, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry M, Zell, Elizabeth   +17 more
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]

, 2014
Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo, Acosta, Armando, Campa, Concepcion, Cardoso, Daniel, Fernandez, Sonsire, Ferro, Valerie, Garcia, Luis, Perez, Jose Luis, Rosenqvist, Einar, Sarmiento, Maria Elena, Zayas, Caridad   +10 more
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Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 - emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance. [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade (US_NmUC) has caused a large multistate outbreak of urethritis among heterosexual males.
Borrow, R, Brooks, A, Campbell, H, Campbell, L, Fifer, H, Gray, S, Hughes, G, Ladhani, SN, Lekshmi, A, Lucidarme, J, Ramsay, ME, Rayment, M, Schembri, G   +12 more
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Meningococcal pericarditis in the absence of meningitis [PDF]

Infection, 1987
A 16 year-old female presented with cardiac tamponade due to purulent meningococcal pericarditis without concomitant meningitis or meningococcaemia. She recovered after aspiration of the pericardial effusion and administration of a high dose of benzylpenicillin via a continuous infusion.
Dorp, W.T. van, Rees, C. van, Meer, J.W.M. van der, Thompson, J.   +3 more
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Māori and community news constructions of Meningococcal B: the promotion of a moral obligation to vaccinate [PDF]

, 2007
News media communicate various risks of disease, showcase medical breakthroughs and disseminate texts that both reflect and renegotiate shared cultural understandings of health and illness. Little is known about the role of Māori and community news media
Chamberlain, Kerry, Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree, Hodgetts, Darrin, Karapu, Rolinda, Ngata, Ronald, Nikora, Linda Waimarie   +5 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease in the Veneto region of Italy: A capture-recapture analysis for assessing the effectiveness of an integrated surveillance system [PDF]

, 2017
open8noBACKGROUND: Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis has been changing since the introduction of universal vaccination programmes against meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) and meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) has now become dominant.
Baldo, Vincenzo, Baldovin, Tatjana, Bertoncello, Chiara, Cocchio, Silvia, Furlan, Patrizia, Lazzari, Roberta, Russo, Francesca, Saia, Mario   +7 more
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Cocirculation of Hajj and non-Hajj strains among serogroup W meningococci in Italy, 2000 to 2016 [PDF]

, 2019
In Italy, B and C are the predominant serogroups among meningococci causing invasive diseases. Nevertheless, in the period from 2013 to 2016, an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) was observed.
Arghittu M., Barbui A. M., Bernaschi P., Bisbano A., Chironna M., Ciammaruconi A., De Nittis R., Fazio C., Galanti I. A., Giammanco A., Isola P., Mencacci A., Neri A., Pagani E., Stefanelli P., Vacca P., Vocale C.   +16 more
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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza [PDF]

, 2012
WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens ...
Black, Catto, Choudhuri, George, Graham, Higginson, Horwood, Huda, Lawn, Nair, Nair, Nair, O'Brien, Osterholt, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Tomlinson, Watt, Webster   +21 more
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