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Meningococcal disease and meningitis

Jornal de Pediatria, 2007
To review the literature relevant to diagnosis and management of meningococcal disease (MD).Non-systematic review of medical literature through the MEDLINE database using the terms meningococcal, septic shock, diagnosis, and treatment. Articles were selected according to their relevance to the objective of the study and according to the authors ...
Ricardo G, Branco, Carolina F, Amoretti, Robert C, Tasker   +2 more
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Risk of transmitting meningococcal infection by transient contact on aircraft and other transport. [PDF]

, 2009
Contact tracing of persons with meningococcal disease who have travelled on aeroplane or other multi-passenger transport is not consistent between countries.
Rachael, T., Stuart, J.M., T. RACHAEL, Schubert, K, J. M. STUART, W. HELLENBRAND, G. KRAUSE, Stuart, JM, K. SCHUBERT, Krause, Gérard, Hellenbrand, Wiebke, Schubert, K., Rachael, T, Hellenbrand, W, Krause, G   +14 more
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Meningococcal disease in children in Merseyside, England : a 31 year descriptive study [PDF]

, 2011
Meningococcal disease (MCD) is the leading infectious cause of death in early childhood in the United Kingdom, making it a public health priority. MCD most commonly presents as meningococcal meningitis (MM), septicaemia (MS), or as a combination of the ...
Hart, C. Anthony, Marzouk, Omnia, Paize, Fauzia, Taylor-Robinson, David, Makwana, Nick, Carrol, Enitan D., Baines, Paul B., Harris, David, Hackett, Scott J., Riordan, F. Andrew I., Thomson, Alistair P. J., Diggle, Peter J., Stanton, Michelle C.   +12 more
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Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Well‐Defined α(2,8)‐ and α(2,9)‐Linked Oligosialosides

Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 36, 1 September 2026.
Well‐defined α(2,8)‐ and α(2,9)‐linked oligosialic acids of different lengths can be prepared by employing recombinant bacterial polysialyltransferases in combination with chemically modified CMP‐Neu5Ac derivatives. After transfer, a sialoside is formed bearing an artificial entity, which blocks further glycosylation.
Jelle A. Fok, Keshav Kishor, Mehman I. Bunyatov, Gerlof P. Bosman, Geert‐Jan Boons   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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
doaj   +1 more source