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Impact of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on laboratory-confirmed pneumococcal meningitis and purulent meningitis among children ˂5 years in Cameroon, 2011-2018.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) entered Cameroon's childhood national immunization programme (NIP) in July 2011 under a 3-dose schedule (6, 10, 14 weeks of age) without any catch-up.
John Njuma Libwea, Mark A Fletcher, Paul Koki Ndombo, Angeline Boula, Nadesh Taku Ashukem, Madeleine Ngo Baleba, Rachel Sandrine Kingue Bebey, Eric Gaston Nkolo Mviena, Jean Tageube, Marie Kobela Mbollo, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Shabir Madhi, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Ali Mohammad, Elizabeth Begier, Joanna Southern, Rohini Beavon, Bradford Gessner   +17 more
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Adult meningitis in a setting of high HIV and TB prevalence: findings from 4961 suspected cases. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The presentation and causes of adult meningitis in South Africa have changed substantially as a result of HIV. Knowledge of aetiology and laboratory findings in patients presenting with meningitis are important in guiding management.
Crede Tom, Williams, A, Thomas S Harrison, Meintjes, Graeme, Brown Yolande, Harrison Thomas S, Jarvis, Joseph, Yolande Brown, Tom Crede, Joseph N Jarvis, Jarvis, JN, Meintjes Graeme, Harrison, Thomas, Crede, Tom, Anthony Williams, Jarvis Joseph N, Harrison, Thomas S, Brown, Y, Brown, Yolande, Harrison, TS, Crede, T, Williams, Anthony, Graeme Meintjes, Williams Anthony, Meintjes, G, Jarvis, Joseph N   +25 more
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Childhood meningitis in Kuwait in the era of post pneumococcal conjugate vaccination: A multicenter study

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
This is a retrospective study to evaluate epidemiology and etiologies of childhood meningitis in Kuwait after the routine introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The data was collected from 196 patients in the period of 2010–2014.
Hussain Sadeq, Entesar H. Husain, Amna Alkoot, Suha Atyani, Abdullah Al-fraij, Abdulrahman Al-Daithan, Talal AlSaleem, Anfal Taher, May Alenezi   +8 more
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Meningitis in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit for severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

Annals of Intensive Care, 2023
Background Although it has been reported that patients with pneumococcal pneumonia may develop meningitis, lumbar puncture is not systematically recommended in these patients, even in patients with associated bacteremia or invasive pneumococcal disease ...
Paul Jaubert, Julien Charpentier, Sarah Benghanem, Alain Cariou, Frédéric Pène, Jean-Paul Mira, Mathieu Jozwiak   +6 more
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Surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in 30 EU countries: Towards a European system?

, 2010
In this era of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), we described and compared surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and PCV policies in 30 European countries to provide guidance for Europe-wide surveillance.
Perrocheau, Anne, Celentano, Lucia Pastore, Stuart, James, de Greeffk, Sabine C, Kissling E, Lévy-Bruhl, Daniel, ECDC Country Experts for Pneumococcal Disease, Celentano LP, de Greeff, Sabine C, Tarragó, David, Stefanoff P, Amato-Gauci A, Kriz, Paula, Heuberger, Sigrid, Amato-Gauci, Andrew, Bruhl DL, Tarragó D, de Greef SC, Kriz P, Hanquet G, Kissling, Esther, ECDC country experts for pneumococcal disease, incl., Vergison A, Hanquet, Germaine, Stefanoff, Pawel, Heuberger S, Vergison, Anne, Bruhl, Daniel Levy, Perrocheau A, de Greeff, Sabine C., Stuart J, Mühlemann, Kathrin   +31 more
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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Mitchell, Tim J, Mitchell, T.J., Jefferies, J.M.C., Greenhalgh, D., Stuart C. Clarke, David Greenhalgh, Lamb, Karen Elaine, McMenamin, Jim, Robertson, C., Inverarity, D., Greenhalgh, D, Diggle, M, Jim McMenamin, Mathew Diggle, Lamb, K, Clarke, S., Edwards, Giles F S, Jefferies, JMC, Mitchell, T., Lamb, K., Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Clarke, SC, Tim J. Mitchell, Clarke, Stuart C, Clarke, S.C., Edwards, G.F.S., Mitchell, Tim J., Inverarity, D, Diggle, Mathew, Smith, A, Inverarity, Donald, McMenamin, J., Smith, Andrew, Mitchell, TJ, McMenamin, J, Lamb, Karen, Robertson, C, Diggle, M., Greenhalgh, David, Andrew Smith, Donald Inverarity, Edwards, G., Smith, A., Clarke, Stuart C., Jefferies, Johanna M C, Jerreries, J., Chris Robertson, Edwards, Giles F.S., Karen Lamb, Jefferies, Johanna M.C., Robertson, Chris, Giles F. S. Edwards, Edwards, GFS   +52 more
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Correlation between CSF Glucose Level and Outcome on Adult Patients with Meningitis [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Meningitis is an inflammatory response to infection of leptomeningeal cells and subarachnoid space. The severity of the inflammation could be reflected on the CSF glucose level.
Sari, Pramita
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Pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis [PDF]

, 2016
Bacterial meningitis is a serious infectious disease, involving the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, and the subarachnoid space. In the Netherlands most common causative agents are Streptococcus pneumoniae (72%) and Neisseria meningitidis
Geldhoff, M.
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A case of pneumococcal meningitis in infant resulting in unmanageable brain edema with dislocation of the brain stem

Медицинский совет, 2017
The article tells about the most common bacterial infection in the world - pneumococcal disease, in particular, pneumococcal meningitis, which is the second most common purulent meningitis and the most common cause of mortality and severe neurological ...
E. V. Melekhina, E. N. Velikanova, V. I. Barykin, I. S. Korolyova, A. V. Gorelov   +4 more
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Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
Mavuto Mukaka, Gordon, Stephen, French Neil, Molyneux, Malcolm, Stephen B Gordon, Neil French, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, French, Neil, Brigitte Denis, Malcolm Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M, Robert S. Heyderman, Carrol, Enitan D., Elizabeth M Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M., Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Heyderman Robert S., Robert S Heyderman, Dean B Everett, van Oosterhout, Joep J, Everett Dean B., Gordon Stephen B., Carrol, Enitan D, Molyneux Malcolm, Dean B. Everett, Enitan D. Carrol, Gordon, Stephen B, Mukaka Mavuto, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Denis Brigitte, Stephen B. Gordon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Heyderman, Robert S., Everett, Dean B, Heyderman, Robert S, Everett, Dean B., Molyneux Elizabeth M., Carrol Enitan D., Enitan D Carrol   +41 more
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