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The Group B Streptococcal surface antigen I/II protein, BspC, interacts with host vimentin to promote adherence to brain endothelium and inflammation during the pathogenesis of meningitis

bioRxiv, 2019
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) normally colonizes healthy adults but can cause invasive disease, such as meningitis, in the newborn.
Liwen Deng, Brady L. Spencer, J. A. Holmes, Rong Mu, S. Rego, Thomas A. Weston, Yoonsung Hu, G. F. Sanches, Sunghyun Yoon, Nogi Park, P. E. Nagao, H. Jenkinson, Justin A Thornton, K. Seo, A. Nobbs, K. Doran   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infection Risk From Humans and Animals in the Anatomy Laboratory: A Scoping Review

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whole‐body dissection is a cornerstone of anatomy education. During and following the COVID‐19 pandemic, exposure to infectious agents and other risks of dissection were highlighted. To identify potential risks, one must have the data outlining these risks in specific situations.
Margaret A. McNulty, Elizabeth R. Agosto
wiley   +1 more source

The Changing Epidemiology of HIV-Associated Adult Meningitis, Uganda 2015–2017

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Central nervous system (CNS) infections remain a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing 15%–25% of AIDS-related deaths.
J. Ellis, A. Bangdiwala, F. Cresswell, Joshua Rhein, E. Nuwagira, K. Ssebambulidde, L. Tugume, R. Rajasingham, Sarah C Bridge, C. Muzoora, D. Meya, D. Boulware   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The association between serum sodium levels and tuberculous meningitis compared to viral and bacterial meningitis: Multicenter retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2021
Seunghee Na, Tae‐Won Kim, In-Uk Song, Sung‐Woo Chung, Seong‐Hoon Kim, Yoon‐Sang Oh, Ju‐Hee Oh, Woojun Kim   +7 more
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Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Activities of Mezilaurus duckei (Lauraceae)

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mezilaurus duckei, a Brazilian endemic tree species found exclusively in the Amazon Rainforest, is primarily exploited for timber in construction. Due to its endangered status, this study aimed to investigate the chemical profile and biological properties of the ethanolic extract and its phases derived from M. duckei leaves. Chemical profiling
Bruna S. Moroto, Valéria S. Gonçalves, David J. Machate, Talita V. Freire, Érica L. Santos, Flávio M. Alves, Ana C. Micheletti, Nídia C. Yoshida   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus-associated respiratory tract infection in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2012 – 2018

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Identifying risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)–associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) will assist with targeting vaccine interventions.
Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Sibongile Walaza, Adam L. Cohen, Florette Treurnicht, Orienka Hellferscee, Nicole Wolter, Anne von Gottberg, Halima Dawood, Ebrahim Variava, Kathleen Kahn, Shabir A. Madhi, Cheryl Cohen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection, Bacteremia, and Meningitis Among Febrile Infants Aged 8 to 60 Days With SARS-CoV-2 [PDF]

, 2023
Paul L. Aronson, Jeffrey P. Louie, Ellen Kerns, Brittany Jennings, Sloane Magee, Marie E. Wang, Nisha Gupta, Christopher Kovaleski, Lauren M. McDaniel, Corrie E. McDaniel, Chisom Agbim, Owen Amadasun, Nicholas Beam, Bradley Beamon, Heather J. Becker, Emma M. Bedard, Eric Biondi, Jenna Boulet, Amelia Bray-Aschenbrenner, Rona Brooks, Clifford Chen, Jacqueline B. Corboy, Nickolas Dawlabani, Guillermo De Angulo, Senayit Demie, Jennifer Drexler, Nanette C. Dudley, Andrew G. Ellis, Kelsey Fath, Alejandra Frauenfelder, Jeff Gill, Thomas Graf, Melissa Grageda, Heidi G. Greening, Alison Griffin, Amy Groen, David Guernsey, Sarah Gustafson, W. Caleb Hancock, Sujit Iyer, Patti Jo Jaiyeola, A. Jayanth, Rebecca Jennings, Svetlana S. Kachan‐Liu, Aditi Kamat, I. Kennedy, Loay Khateeb, Ohmed Khilji, Elizabeth A. Kleweno, A. Kumar, Stephanie Kwon, Alicia La, Petra Laeven-Sessions, Kaitlyn Phuong Le, Rianna C. Leazer, Kelly Levasseur, Emilee C. Lewis, Walid M. Maalouli, Bonnie S. Mackenzie, Kathleen Mahoney, Deborah M. Margulis, Lauren Maskin, E J McCarty, Alexa N. Monroy, John M. Morrison, Jennifer H. Myszewski, Nicole Nadeau, Suresh Nagappan, Kristen Newcomer, Matthew C. Nordstrom, Diana Nguyen, Peter M. O’Day, Yuliya Oumarbaeva, Ursula Parlin, Summer Peters, Mary Jane Piroutek, Renee Quarrie, Kerrilynn Rice, Teresa M. Romano, Sahar N. Rooholamini, C. Schroeder, Elizabeth K. Segar, Patrick Seitzinger, Suparna Sharma, Blair E. Simpson, Prachi Singh, Yasmine Sobeih, Sakina Sojar, Karthik K. Srinivasan, Emily C. Sterrett, Mary Elizabeth Swift-Taylor, Sara Szkola, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Irina Topoz, Tatyana Vayngortin, Christopher Veit, Yenimar Ventura-Polanco, Ashley Wallace, Lindsay Weiss, Erika K. Wong   +99 more
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Targeting the complement system in bacterial meningitis

Brain : a journal of neurology, 2019
Morbidity and mortality in bacterial meningitis are driven by an uncontrolled host inflammatory response. Koelman et al. evaluate the detrimental role of the complement system in spurring this inflammation, and conclude that anaphylatoxin C5a is a ...
D. Koelman, M. Brouwer, D. van de Beek
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spike detection in the wild: Screening of suspected temporal lobe epilepsy cases using a tailored 2‐channel wearable EEG

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To clinically validate the contribution of a custom‐built EEG wearable device (waEEG) compared to a full 10–20 electrode array ambulatory EEG (aEEG) for screening epilepsy cases in patients with suspected temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) but negative routine EEGs. Methods Patients (aged 16–91 years) with clinically suspected TLE who were
Daniel Filipe Borges, Joana Isabel Soares, Daniela Dias, Helena Cordeiro, Alberto Leal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lack of continuity between Cronobacter biotypes and species as determined using multilocus sequence typing [PDF]

, 2013
The accuracy of the Cronobacter biotyping scheme was compared with the 7-loci multilocus sequence typing scheme. Biotyping did not reliably assign species level identification, as only half (17/31) of the biotype variants were unique to any of the seven ...
Baldwin, Cruz, Farmer, Francisco, Hariri, Hochel, Iversen, Iversen, Iversen, Iversen, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Karamonová, Stephen J. Forsythe, Sumyya Hariri, Susan Joseph, Turcovsky   +19 more
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