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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
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sEEG‐guided responsive neurostimulation to treat neocortical epilepsy: A multicenter retrospective study of the efficacy and safety of depth electrode‐mediated neuromodulation

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Pivotal trials have established the effectiveness of the Responsive Neurostimulation System (RNS® System) in treating focal epilepsy. In clinical trials, depth leads were primarily used to treat mesial temporal seizure onsets while cortical strip leads were used to treat neocortical seizure onsets.
Sina Sadeghzadeh, David A. Purger, Priya Bhanot, Noriah Johnson, Daniel A. N. Barbosa, Yuhao Huang, Jay J. Park, Ethan Schonfeld, Matthew A. Abikenari, Bhav Jain, Joshua P. Aronson, Cornelia Drees, Tiffany L. Fisher, Jason Gerrard, Tyler E. Gray, Saadi Ghatan, Kevin Hines, Barbara C. Jobst, Ioannis Karakis, Steven G. Ojemann, Imran H. Quraishi, Ahmed M. Raslan, Michael D. Sather, Christopher T. Skidmore, Jon T. Willie, Chengyuan Wu, Ji Yeoun Yoo, Kevin D. Graber, Casey H. Halpern, Vivek P. Buch, Jonathon J. Parker   +30 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
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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

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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Long Term Impact of Conjugate Vaccines on Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis: Narrative Review [PDF]

, 2021
Mary Slack
openalex   +1 more source

Birthing on one's own terms: Reframing delivery mode choice within reproductive justice in Switzerland

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract A core principle of reproductive justice (RJ) is the right to have children under one's chosen conditions, emphasizing bodily autonomy. While RJ focuses on equitable access to parenthood, the choice of delivery mode is rarely analyzed through this lens.
Caroline Chautems
wiley   +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

Spontaneous gram-negative bacillary meningitis in adult patients : characteristics and outcome [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Spontaneous meningitis caused by gram-negative bacilli in adult patients is uncommon and poorly characterized. Our objective is to describe and compare the characteristics and the outcome of adult patients with spontaneous gram-negative ...
Benito, Natividad, Coll Figa, Pedro, Domingo, Pere, Gurguí, Mercè, López-Contreras, Joaquín, Pomar, Virginia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona   +6 more
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