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This study found that genetic factors largely influence crying duration and settle ability in infancy, while shared environmental factors primarily affect the number of night wakeups. Etiological influences tended to change from 2 to 5 months, reflecting a highly plastic period in infant brain development and in child‐environment interactions. Abstract
Charlotte Viktorsson+5 more
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Abstract Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is a rare cause of meningitis in healthy adults. We report the case of a healthy 33‐year‐old man with acute GBS meningitis who experienced relapsed high‐grade fever and increased intracranial pressure following completing intravenous antibiotics.
Wannisa Wongpipathpong+3 more
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Outbreak of influenza A in a boarding school in South Africa, 2016
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+10 more
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Neisseria meningitidis is a common cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults worldwide. The 4CMenB vaccine (Bexsero), developed to combat meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease, contains subcapsular antigens that may induce immunity ...
Robert M. Mulhall+12 more
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First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii. [PDF]
Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead
Baghdadi, Jonathan+3 more
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This case report describes a 24‐year‐old woman with trisomy 21 and an incomplete childhood vaccination history who developed severe disseminated varicella and varicella pneumonia. Chest CT on admission day 3 revealed scattered small nodules in both lung fields, characteristic of varicella pneumonia.
Satoshi Inaba+3 more
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Cronobacter, the emergent bacterial pathogen Enterobacter sakazakii comes of age; MLST and whole genome sequence analysis [PDF]
Background: Following the association of Cronobacter spp. to several publicized fatal outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units of meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2004 requested the establishment of a ...
Dickins, B, Forsythe, SJ, Jolley, KA
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ABSTRACT Background Imaging biomarkers for neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) are highly needed, and intracranial contrast‐enhanced vessel wall imaging (CE‐VWI) can potentially detect cerebral vessel wall abnormalities in lupus. Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic value of CE‐VWI in differentiating NPSLE from non‐NPSLE.
Satoru Ide+9 more
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Tongue and tail necrosis in an atypical case of acute steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis in a dog [PDF]
Acute steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis (SRMA) is a common neurological disorder in young dogs. Typical clinical symptoms of the acute form of SRMA are neck pain, depression and fever. This case report describes a 1.5-year-old Pointer with uncommon
Chiers, Koen+6 more
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