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Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background/Aim. Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal
Dulović Olga, Stevanović Goran, Milošević Branko, Gvozdenović Eleonora, Dokić Ljubiša, Popović Nataša, Nikolić Svetlana, Pavlović Milorad   +7 more
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Assessing the Impact of TLR4 rs4986790 Polymorphism on Bacterial Meningitis Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Background and Objectives: Toll-like receptor (TLR2) gene plays an important role in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis (such as meningococcal meningitis and pneumococcal meningitis).
Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran   +1 more
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A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The pattern of epidemic meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt may be influenced by the background level of population immunity but this has been measured infrequently.
Olivier Manigart, Caroline Trotter, Helen Findlow, Abraham Assefa, Wude Mihret, Tesfaye Moti Demisse, Biruk Yeshitela, Isaac Osei, Abraham Hodgson, Stephen Laryea Quaye, Samba Sow, Mamadou Coulibaly, Kanny Diallo, Awa Traore, Jean-Marc Collard, Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Oumarou Djermakoye, Ali Elhaji Mahamane, Jean-François Jusot, Cheikh Sokhna, Serge Alavo, Souleymane Doucoure, El Hadj Ba, Mariétou Dieng, Aldiouma Diallo, Doumagoum Moto Daugla, Babatunji Omotara, Daniel Chandramohan, Musa Hassan-King, Maria Nascimento, Arouna Woukeu, Ray Borrow, James M Stuart, Brian Greenwood   +33 more
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Meningococcal purpura fulminans and severe myocarditis with clinical meningitis but no meningeal inflammation: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background During fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms.
Mehdi Hage-Sleiman, Nicolas Derre, Charlotte Verdet, Gilles Pialoux, Olivier Gaudin, Patricia Senet, Muriel Fartoukh, Mathieu Boissan, Marc Garnier   +8 more
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Vaccine prevention of meningococcal disease in Africa: Major advances, remaining challenges

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Africa historically has had the highest incidence of meningococcal disease with high endemic rates and periodic epidemics. The meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa extending from Senegal to Ethiopia, has experienced large, devastating ...
Mustapha M. Mustapha, Lee H. Harrison
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Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil: Baseline Epidemiologic Assessment of the Decade Prior to the Introduction of Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Vaccines.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundBacterial meningitis is associated with significant burden in Brazil. In 2010, both 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and meningococcal capsular group C conjugate vaccine were introduced into the routine vaccination schedule. Haemophilus
Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Cristiana M Toscano, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach   +2 more
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Does clinical exposure to different skin tones during training improve diagnostic ability?

Medical Education, Volume 60, Issue 4, Page 410-417, April 2026.
Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that medical students demonstrate poorer performance when diagnosing pathology in skin of colour (SOC) compared to white skin (WS); it is important to understand the reasons underpinning this. If not addressed, poorer differential diagnostic ability in certain skin tones could entrench existing racial ...
Yusra Shammoon, Anna Coulson, Bethan Trigg, Nariell Morrison, Adam Potts, Moira Pain, Olamide Oguntimehin, Eleanor J. Hothersall‐Davies, Richard Hankins, Celia A. Brown, Amir H. Sam   +10 more
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The Current Landscape and Future Prospects of Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities: A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Africa has significant challenges in meeting its vaccination needs, including inadequate manufacturing capacity, infrastructure deficiencies, a scarcity of experienced personnel, regulatory hurdles, restricted access to technology and intellectual property.
Courage Chandipwisa, Agness Shimilimo, Olivier Uwishema, Helen Onyeaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal upsurge of pneumococcal meningitis in the Central African Republic [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
A high incidence of bacterial meningitis was observed in the Central African Republic (CAR) from December 2015 to May 2017 in three hospitals in the northwest of the country that are within the African meningitis belt.
Thomas Crellen, V. Bhargavi Rao, Turid Piening, Joke Zeydner, M. Ruby Siddiqui   +4 more
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Brain Abscesses Complicating Bacterial Meningitis—A Nationwide Cohort Study From the Netherlands

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue 2, February 2026.
Prevalence, pathogen distribution, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of brain abscess in bacterial meningitis was assessed in this study. ABSTRACT Background Brain abscesses rarely complicate bacterial meningitis while their clinical characteristics and outcomes have not been systematically assessed.
Fabian D. Liechti, Evelien H. G. M. Drost, Merijn W. Bijlsma, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source