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

EBioMedicine, 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, Dominique A. Caugant, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ola Brønstad Brynildsrud, Nadia Debech, Eva Hong, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Rasmata Ouédraogo, Sani Ousmane, Kadidja Gamougame, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Seydou Diarra, LeAnne M. Fox, Xin Wang   +13 more
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HIB-INFECTION: MENINGITIS, CELLULITIS IN THE CHILD OF 6 MONTHS

Детские 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, V. A. Kolokolov, O. G. Kimirilova, A. A. Kimirilov   +3 more
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Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]

Medical 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

Bulletin 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., Schneerson Rachel, Gotschlich Emil C., Mohammed Idris, Nasidi Abdulsalami, Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Bernardino Luis, Maiga Moussa A.   +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

International 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, Bogna Świątek-Kościelna, Ewelina Kałużna, Jerzy Nowak, Michał Michalak, Jacek Wysocki, Danuta Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska   +6 more
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Climate Regimes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics

Frontiers 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
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A case report of multiple cerebral abscess formation complicating serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) presenting with meningitis causes significant mortality and morbidity. Suppurative complications of serogroup B meningococcal sepsis are rare and necessitate urgent multidisciplinary management to mitigate ...
Ciara O’Connor, Aedin Collins, Eilish Twomey, Conor Hensey, John Caird, Patrick J. Gavin   +5 more
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Meningococcal Meningitis

Oman Medical Journal, 2018
Meningococcal meningitis has a wide range of neurological complications. However, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following infection with Neisseria meningitidis is uncommon.
Sudhir Kumar Palat Chirakkara1*, , Abdul Rahim Ali Bakhsh2, , Aparna Kalyani Pariyadath3 and , Balamurugan Rathinavelu   +3 more
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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The authors report a case of deficiency of the eighth component of complement in a young adult with a history of three episodes of meningitis; one of them proved to be meningococcal.
Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Maurício de Quadros, Sérgio Henrique Prezzi   +3 more
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Meningococcal meningitis. [PDF]

BMJ, 1990
S D Malnick, A Schattner
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