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A Prospective Longitudinal Study of the Clinical Outcomes from Cryptococcal Meningitis following Treatment Induction with 800 mg Oral Fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]
Introduction: Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common neurological infection in HIV infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa, where gold standard treatment with intravenous amphotericin B and 5 flucytosine is often unavailable or difficult to ...
Mavuto Mukaka +49 more
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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 +4 more
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A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading and serious coinfection in adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, particularly in Africa.
Zijlstra, EE +26 more
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ABSTRACT Aim Little is known about how socio‐economic factors influence severe childhood bacterial infections. We explored whether parental socio‐economic status correlates with the risk of invasive bacterial infections in the offspring. Methods Data on children < 16 years with community‐acquired blood or cerebrospinal fluid culture–positive bacterial ...
Kyrönlahti Anniina +6 more
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Pneumococcal meningitis in Iran: a systematic review and meta–analysis
Objective: To estimate the frequency of pneumococcal meningitis among patients with bacterial meningitis in Iran. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scientific Information Database (www.sid.ir) were searched from 2000 to 2016 to identify studies
Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei +5 more
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# Background The Cuban heptavalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine will be introduced for children beginning in 2020. We estimated the burden of pneumococcal cases and deaths in children 1-59 months in 2015.
Nivaldo Linares-Pérez +4 more
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Development of a Clinical Severity Score for Indian Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a monogenic disorder but shows variable disease severity. We evaluated the utility of paediatric severity scores (PSS) in Indian patients and developed two modified scores: Indian Severity Score 1 (ISS1) by adding four clinical parameters to PSS, and ISS2 by excluding four biochemical measures from ISS1.
Suraj S. Nongmaithem +6 more
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Estudi experimental del tractament de la meningitis pneumocòcica produïda per soques resistents a cefalosporines de tercera generació. Virulència, eficàcia i resposta inflamatòria [PDF]
[cat] La meningitis pneumocòcica és una malaltia associada a una elevada mortalitat (20-40) i a l'aparició de seqüeles neurològiques en un 30% dels pacients, nens i adults, que sobreviuen.
Ribes Miravet, Sandra
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We report on a patient homozygous for a novel autosomal recessive loss‐of‐function CARD11 variant, with susceptibility to live attenuated virus (LAV) vaccines and impaired clearance of multiple naturally acquired respiratory viral infections. Inborn errors of immunity affecting the CARD11‐BCL10‐MALT1 (CBM) complex should be considered in individuals ...
Hamish Anderson +12 more
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