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[Meningococcal meningitis in adults].

open access: yesMikrobiyoloji bulteni, 1991
The clinical and laboratory findings, and the results of treatment of 16 Meningococcal meningitis cases, who were hospitalized, are investigated, and discussed with the literature. On application all of the patients had headache, meningeal irritation findings, and fever (% 75), nausea and vomiting (% 62.5), rash (% 56.25), unconsciousness (% 50), coma ...
Topçu, S., Dökmetaş, I., Yalçin, N.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Silent Risk of Sudan Virus: A Review Addressing Global Health Vulnerabilities

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) is a deadly hemorrhagic fever caused by the Sudan virus, first discovered in Sudan in 1976. This disease has been linked to several outbreaks in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda. The high fatality rate of SVD, ranging from 41% to 70%, emphasizes the critical need for effective preventive ...
Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLINICAL AND LIQUOR DIFFERENCES IN CASES OF SEROUS AND PURULENT MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGE

open access: yesДетские инфекции (Москва), 2015
The article presents features of clinical course and composition of cerebrospinal liquid in cases of purulent and serous meningitis depending on the age of the patients and the disease etiology.
E. M. Mazayeva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meningoccocal meningitis complicated with subdural effusion: a report of two infant cases

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infection in children of all ages. Children less than 1 year of age are at greater risk of invasive disease than older children. In endemic countries, the invasive meningococcal infections are
Victor Perez-Pico,1 Eduardo Llausas-Magana,1 Angel Leon-Ramirez,1 Giordano Perez-Gaxiola,2 and Nidia Leon-Sicairos.3
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HIB-INFECTION: MENINGITIS, CELLULITIS IN THE CHILD OF 6 MONTHS

open access: yesДетские инфекции (Москва), 2015
A clinical case of Hib-infection is the clinic purulent meningitis and pannikulita young child. Shows the complexity of the differential diagnosis of meningitis in combination with panniculitis with meningococcal disease (meningitis, meningokokktsemiya).
G. A. Harchenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogenetic relationships and regional spread of meningococcal strains in the meningitis belt, 2011–2016Research in context

open access: yesEBioMedicine, 2019
Background: Historically, the major cause of meningococcal epidemics in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa has been Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA), but the incidence has been substantially reduced since the introduction of a serogroup A ...
Nadav Topaz   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Journal Armed Forces India, 2005
Sharat, Johri, S P, Gorthi, A C, Anand
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Meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for mass and routine vaccination with available polysaccharide vaccines

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003
Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which is protective at all ...
Robbins John B.   +7 more
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Analysis of TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 single nucleotide polymorphisms in children with bacterial meningitis and their healthy family members

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background: The aim was to analyse TLR2 rs5743708, TLR2 rs4696480, TLR4 rs4986790, TLR9 rs5743836, and TLR9 rs352140 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in children with pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis and their family members.
Ewelina Gowin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Regimes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2015
Meningoccocal meningitis is a major public health problem that kills thousands annuallyin Africa, Europe, North and South America. Occurrence is, however, highest during thedry seasons in Sahel Africa.
Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole
doaj   +1 more source

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