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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]

, 2018
Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla, Caraffa, Emanuela, Ciardi, Maria Rosa, Lichtner, Miriam, Massetti, Anna Paola, Mastroianni, Claudio Maria, Russo, Gianluca, Vita, Serena, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia with cryptococcal meningitis: first case report from Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2009
We report on a patient with cryptococcal meningitis with CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia and no evidence of HIV ...
Augusto, E, Isaakidis, P, Kim, C, Mony, M, Raguenaud, M E   +4 more
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Prolonged shedding of SARS-CoV-2 at high viral load amongst hospitalised immunocompromised persons living with HIV in South Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: There is limited information on SARS-CoV-2 shedding duration amongst persons living with HIV (PLWH). We hypothesised that PLWH shed SARS-CoV-2 for longer periods and at higher viral load than HIV-uninfected persons. Methods & Materials: From
S. Meiring, S. Tempia, J. Bhiman, J. Kleynhans, A. Buys, M. Makhasi, M. Mcmorrow, J. Moyes, V. Quan, S. Walaza, M. Du Plessis, N. Wolter, A. Von Gottberg, C. Cohen   +13 more
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Subtotal petrosectomy and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in unilateral anacusis [PDF]

, 2014
Objective This study presents a group of patients experiencing recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage associated with ipsilateral anacusis who underwent subtotal petrosectomies with the goal of stopping the CSF leak and preventing meningitis ...
Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe
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Febre purpúrica brasileira: resultados preliminares da investigação etiológica

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1987
Em várias regiões do interior do Estado de São Paulo, notificou-se a partir do final de 1984 a 1986, a ocorrência de doença até então desconhecida, com características clínicas, em muitos aspectos, semelhante à meningococcemia.
K. Irino, I. M. L. Lee, M. Kaku, M. C. C. Brandileone, C. E. A. Melles, C. E. Levy, S. E. Berkley, D. W. Fleming, G. A. Silva, L. Harrison   +9 more
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Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa

Nature Communications, 2023
Emergence of the Omicron BA.1/2 SARS-CoV-2 subvariants led to a wave of infection South Africa. Here, the authors use serological data from a prospective household study to characterise infection rates in the context of diverse immune histories following
Kaiyuan Sun, Stefano Tempia, Jackie Kleynhans, Anne von Gottberg, Meredith L. McMorrow, Nicole Wolter, Jinal N. Bhiman, Jocelyn Moyes, Maimuna Carrim, Neil A. Martinson, Kathleen Kahn, Limakatso Lebina, Jacques D. du Toit, Thulisa Mkhencele, Cécile Viboud, Cheryl Cohen, the PHIRST-C group   +16 more
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Intracerebral haemorrhage in a dog with steroid-responsive meningitis arteritis [PDF]

, 2017
A one-year and six-month-old female neutered Boxer dog was presented with a four-day history of pyrexia, lethargy and neck pain. An intracerebral haemorrhage and a mediastinal mass were identified.
Brocal, Josep, Gutierrez-Quintana, Rodrigo, Hammond, Gawain, José López, Roberto   +3 more
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Initial Experiences with Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Insights from Survivors and Their Caregivers

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has a low incidence but is a life-threatening illness with a 10–15% mortality rate. Even with timely treatment, survivors may experience acute and long-term health complications.
Oscar Herrera-Restrepo, Nuzhat Afroz, Eliazar Sabater Cabrera, Matthew Reaney, France Ginchereau Sowell, Ramiya Kumar, Alicia Stillman, Patti Wukovits, Mariana Rodrigues, Sofia B. Pinto, Zeki Kocaata, Obinna Onwude   +11 more
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Pneumococcal Serotype Identification by Capsular Sequence Typing (CST): A Modified Novel Approach for Serotyping Directly in Clinical Samples

Diagnostics, 2021
As almost 60–70% of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) is identified by nonculture methods in Greece, serotyping is of high importance for the better monitoring of pneumococcal serotypes due to the availability of conjugate vaccines.
Nektarios Marmaras, Athanasia Xirogianni, Anastasia Papandreou, Efthymia Petinaki, Vana Papaevangelou, Maria Tsolia, Georgina Tzanakaki   +6 more
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Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a large retrospective cohort of patients after solid organ transplantation [PDF]

, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. There are no nationally representative data describing the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of cryptococcosis ...
George, Ige A, Olsen, Margaret A, Powderly, William G, Santos, Carlos A   +3 more
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