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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2022 Teaching Point: Spontaneous, atraumatic pneumocephalus is a rare presentation of pneumococcal meningitis.
Kelly Di Dier, Marc Lemmerling
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Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults; a modelling study
Nature Communications, 2023 Vaccination against invasive pneumococcal disease is recommended for older adults but the optimal age group to target has not been determined and may vary by epidemiological setting.
Deus Thindwa +19 more
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Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Increases in pneumococcal meningitis were reported from Ghanaian regions that lie in the meningitis belt in 2016-2017, despite introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2012 using a 3-dose schedule (6, 10, and 14 ...
Catherine H Bozio +11 more
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Penicillin Resistant Pneumococcal Meningitis in Paediatric Trauma Patient [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Pneumococcal meningitis is a life-threatening infection, requiring prompt diagnosis and effective treatment. The approach to therapy in patients with pneumococcal meningitis has changed considerably over the past 20 years because of emerging penicillin ...
Vijeta Bajpai +3 more
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Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2021 Background Patients with pneumococcal meningitis are at risk for death and neurological sequelae including cognitive impairment. Functional genetic polymorphisms of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) alleles have shown to predict mortality of ...
Anne T. Kloek +6 more
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The role of plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 in pneumococcal meningitis
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2022 Pneumococcal meningitis is associated with dysregulation of the coagulation cascade. Previously, we detected upregulation of cerebral plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) mRNA expression during pneumococcal meningitis.
Nina C. Teske +8 more
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Pneumococcal Meningitis in Adults after Introduction of PCV7 and PCV13, Israel, July 2009–June 2015
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 The indirect effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on adult pneumococcal meningitis has not been thoroughly investigated. We present data from active surveillance on pneumococcal meningitis in adults in Israel occurring during July 2009–June 2015 ...
Gili Regev-Yochay +10 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We describe the effects of the 7-valent (PCV7) and 13-valent (PCV13) pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in England and Wales during July 1, 2000–June 30, 2016.
Godwin Oligbu +8 more
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Trends in Pneumococcal and Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil from 2007 to 2019
Vaccines, 2023 The pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) was introduced into the Brazilian Childhood National Immunization Program in 2010; however, universal pneumococcal vaccination for older adults has not been implemented yet.
Cintia Irene Parellada +8 more
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PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN ADULTS [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1952 Excerpt Despite numerous recent optimistic reports concerning the rate of cure in pneumococcal meningitis, a review of 22 adult cases observed at the Morrisania City Hospital from 1943 through June...
J S, FEIBUSH, E J, MURPHY, A, LUBART
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