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Primary Amoebic (Naegleria fowleri) Meningoencephalitis Presenting as Status Epilepticus [PDF]

, 2011
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare entity. Usual presenting features are fever, headache and seizures with meningeal signs and this disease carries high mortality rate.
Bharti, V, Gargi, G, Jaret, P, Panda, P, Raina, R, Sharma, A   +5 more
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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Andrew Smith, Aspa, Austrian, Avery, Blake, Cecil, Chris Robertson, David Greenhalgh, Diggle, Donald Inverarity, Giles F. S. Edwards, Guimbao Bescós, Huss, Inostroza, Jim McMenamin, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Karen Lamb, Kendrick, Lamb, Martin, Mathew Diggle, Shapiro, Stuart C. Clarke, Tim J. Mitchell, Weiss   +24 more
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Joint sequencing of human and pathogen genomes reveals the genetics of pneumococcal meningitis

Nature Communications, 2018
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common nasopharyngeal colonizer, but can also cause life-threatening invasive diseases such as empyema, bacteremia and meningitis.
J. Lees, B. Ferwerda, P. Kremer, N. Wheeler, M. Serón, N. Croucher, R. Gladstone, H. Bootsma, Nynke Y. Rots, Alienke J. Wijmega-Monsuur, E. Sanders, K. Trzciński, A. Wyllie, A. Zwinderman, L. H. van den Berg, W. van Rheenen, J. Veldink, Z. Harboe, L. F. Lundbo, L. D. de Groot, N. V. van Schoor, Nathalie van der Velde, L. Ängquist, T. Sørensen, E. Nøhr, A. Mentzer, T. Mills, J. Knight, M. du Plessis, S. Nzenze, J. Weiser, J. Parkhill, S. Madhi, T. Benfield, A. von Gottberg, A. van der Ende, M. Brouwer, J. Barrett, S. Bentley, D. van de Beek   +39 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.
We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo, Piao Cao, Jing‐Qing Xu, Rong Yan, Jian Wang, Tao Liang, Ya Chen, Zu‐Cai Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of infections with ancestral, Beta and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the PHIRST-C community cohort study, South Africa, 2020-2021

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Data on the characteristics of individuals with mild and asymptomatic infections with different SARS-CoV-2 variants are limited. We therefore compared the characteristics of individuals infected with ancestral, Beta and Delta SARS-CoV-2 ...
Cheryl Cohen, Jackie Kleynhans, Anne von Gottberg, Meredith L. McMorrow, Nicole Wolter, Jinal N. Bhiman, Jocelyn Moyes, Mignon du Plessis, Maimuna Carrim, Amelia Buys, Neil A. Martinson, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Limakatso Lebina, Floidy Wafawanaka, Jacques du Toit, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Fatimah S. Dawood, Thulisa Mkhencele, for the PHIRST group, Stefano Tempia   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma: A case series and literature review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 23-30, April 2025.
Abstract Autoimmune encephalitis is a group of disorders characterized by symptoms of dysfunction of the limbic and extra‐limbic systems that occur in association with antibodies against intracellular antigens, synapses, or proteins located on the surface of nerve cells. Anti‐NMDA (N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate) receptor encephalitis was first described in 2007
Pham Ba Nha, Nguyen Phuong Tu, Nguyen Viet Ha, Duong Thi Thu Hien, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Nguyen Anh Son, Nguyen Tien Hoang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outbreak of influenza A in a boarding school in South Africa, 2016

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: We investigated an outbreak of influenza-like illness (ILI) at a boarding school in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. We aimed to confirm the etiological agent, estimate attack rates and identify risk factors for illness.
Jackie Kleynhans, Florette Kathleen Treurnicht, Cheryl Cohen, Theesan Vedan, Mpho Seleka, Lwando Maki, Anne von Gottberg, Kerrigan McCarthy, Wayne Ramkrishna, Meredith McMorrow, Sibongile Walaza   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Establishment and Diversification of Epidemic-Associated Serogroup W Meningococcus in the African Meningitis Belt, 1994 to 2012

mSphere, 2016
Epidemics of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by meningococcal serogroup A have been eliminated from the sub-Saharan African so-called “meningitis belt” by the meningococcal A conjugate vaccine (MACV), and yet, other serogroups continue to ...
Adam C. Retchless, Fang Hu, Abdoul-Salam Ouédraogo, Seydou Diarra, Kristen Knipe, Mili Sheth, Lori A. Rowe, Lassana Sangaré, Absetou Ky Ba, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Dhwani Batra, Ryan T. Novak, Rasmata Ouédraogo Traoré, Xin Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination in emergencies. [PDF]

, 1999
Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements.
Paquet, C
core   +2 more sources

Meningitis in adults: diagnosis and management

Internal medicine journal (Print), 2018
Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency. All clinicians who provide acute medical care require a sound understanding of the priorities of managing a patient with suspected meningitis during the first hour.
N. Young, Mark G. Thomas
semanticscholar   +1 more source