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Cryptococcal meningitis

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2023
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes cause meningoencephalitis with high fatality rates and considerable morbidity, particularly in persons with deficient T cell-mediated immunity, most commonly affecting people living with ...
Mahsa Abassi, Lillian Tugume
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A first case of meningitis/encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Highlights • Novel coronavirus (SARS-Coronavirus-2:SARS-CoV-2) which emerged in Wuhan, China, has spread to multiple countries rapidly.• This is the first case of meningitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 who was brought in by ambulance.• The specific SARS ...
Katsue Suzuki-Inoue   +2 more
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Methods for Rapid Diagnosis of Meningitis Etiology in Adults

open access: yesBiomarkers in Medicine, 2020
Infectious meningitis can be caused by viral, bacterial or fungal pathogens. Despite widely available treatments, many types of infectious meningitis are still associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Nathan Bahr
exaly   +2 more sources

ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis

open access: yesClinical Microbiology and Infection, 2016
Carmen Cabellos, Olga Džupová
exaly   +2 more sources

Community-acquired bacterial meningitis

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Matthijs Brouwer, Cynthia Whitney
exaly   +4 more sources

Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

open access: yesLancet Neurology, 2023
Summary Background Although meningitis is largely preventable, it still causes hundreds of thousands of deaths globally each year. WHO set ambitious goals to reduce meningitis cases by 2030, and assessing trends in the global meningitis burden can help ...
H. Y. Wunrow   +499 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pandemic’s influence on parents’ attitudes and behaviors toward meningococcal vaccination

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Invasive meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection preventable through vaccination. Pediatric vaccination rates have declined during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Litjen (L.J) Tan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity Damage in Bacterial Meningitis: The Underlying Link, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Targets

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Despite advances in supportive care and antimicrobial treatment, bacterial meningitis remains the most serious infection of the central nervous system (CNS) that poses a serious risk to life.
Rui-Cheng Yang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding barriers to vaccination against invasive meningococcal disease: a survey of the knowledge gap and potential solutions

open access: yesExpert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Introduction Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a leading cause of life-threatening bacterial meningitis and septicemia. Evidence points to a knowledge gap among parents, teenagers, and healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding IMD and available ...
Isabella Ballalai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Meningitis in Children: Neurological Complications, Associated Risk Factors, and Prevention

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infection, with a case fatality rate of up to 30% and 50% of survivors developing neurological complications. These include short-term complications such as focal neurological deficit and subdural effusion, and long ...
Abdulwahed Zainel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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