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Disease Burden of Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Among Under-Fives in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of meningitis, with a case fatality of up to about 50%. Children younger than 5 years are at greater risk for pneumococcal meningitis compared with other populations.
Biying Wang, Wanjing Lin, Chen Qian, Youyi Zhang, Genming Zhao, Weibing Wang, Tao Zhang   +6 more
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Bacterial meningitis: the role of transforming growth factor-Beta in innate immunity and secondary brain damage [PDF]

, 2007
Project 6 of the NCCR 'Neural Plasticity and Repair' focuses on mechanisms of immunity and tissue damage in autoimmune and infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).
Malipiero, U, Malipiero, Ursula, Pfister, W, Fontana, Adriano, Koedel, U, Pfister, Walter, Fontana, A, Koedel, Uwe   +7 more
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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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Toxicity in neuronal cells caused by cerebrospinal fluid from pneumococcal and gram-negative meningitis [PDF]

, 1992
To identify neurotoxic factors in meningitis, a neuronal cell line (HN33.1) was exposed to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from rabbits with pneumococcal meningitis or Escherichia coli meningitis or 2 h and 6 h after meningitis was induced by ...
M. G. Tauber, H. Loetscher, Täuber, MG, Sachdeva, M, Lesslauer, W, Kennedy, SL, S. L. Kennedy, W. Lesslauer, M. Sachdeva, Loetscher, H   +9 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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Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal epidemiology varies geographically and few data are available from the African continent. We assess pneumococcal carriage from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) before and after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
Bottomley, Christian, Andrew Hall, Richard A. Adegbola (20657), Hall, Andrew, Hall Andrew, Effua Usuf (334925), Effua Usuf, Christian Bottomley, Adegbola Richard A., Bottomley Christian, Adegbola, Richard A, Usuf, Effua, Usuf Effua, Andrew Hall (223292), Richard A Adegbola, Christian Bottomley (144483)   +15 more
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Novel and preclinical treatment strategies in pneumococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2018
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pneumococcal meningitis is the most frequent form of bacterial meningitis in Europe and the United States. Although early antimicrobial and adjuvant therapy with dexamethasone have helped to improve disease outcome in adults ...
Grandgirard, Denis, Uwe Koedel, Leib, Stephen, Jan P. Bewersdorf, Bewersdorf, Jan P, Denis Grandgirard, Stephen L. Leib, Koedel, Uwe   +7 more
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Acute pneumococcal myelitis in an adult patient

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2014
Pneumococcal meningitis represents the most severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The disease is frequently associated with various complications.
Klaudija Višković, Matej Mustapić, Marko Kutleša, Dragan Lepur   +3 more
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