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The age-related risk of co-existing meningitis in children with urinary tract infection [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine age-stratified rates of co-existing bacterial meningitis in children with urinary tract infection (UTI).
Clifford Vanessa, Tebruegge Marc, Nigel Curtis, Tebruegge, M, Marc Tebruegge, Connell Tom, Connell, Tom, Gonis, Gena, Clifford, V, Ritz, N, Curtis, N, Curtis, Nigel, Gonis Gena, Pantazidou, Anastasia, Clifford, Vanessa, Ritz Nicole, Curtis Nigel, Pantazidou, A, Ritz, Nicole, Gena Gonis, Tom Connell, Anastasia Pantazidou, Vanessa Clifford, Nicole Ritz, Connell, T, Tebruegge, Marc, Pantazidou Anastasia, Gonis, G   +27 more
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Whole genome sequencing for investigations of meningococcal outbreaks in the United States: a retrospective analysis

Scientific Reports, 2018
Although rare in the U.S., outbreaks due to Neisseria meningitidis do occur. Rapid, early outbreak detection is important for timely public health response. In this study, we characterized U.S.
Melissa J. Whaley, Sandeep J. Joseph, Adam C. Retchless, Cecilia B. Kretz, Amy Blain, Fang Hu, How-Yi Chang, Sarah A. Mbaeyi, Jessica R. MacNeil, Timothy D. Read, Xin Wang   +10 more
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Bacterial meningitis: the role of transforming growth factor-Beta in innate immunity and secondary brain damage [PDF]

, 2007
Project 6 of the NCCR 'Neural Plasticity and Repair' focuses on mechanisms of immunity and tissue damage in autoimmune and infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).
Malipiero, U, Malipiero, Ursula, Pfister, W, Fontana, Adriano, Koedel, U, Pfister, Walter, Fontana, A, Koedel, Uwe, Pfister W, Fontana A, Koedel U, Malipiero U   +11 more
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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Although meningitis is largely preventable, it still causes hundreds of thousands of deaths globally each year. WHO set ambitious goals to reduce meningitis cases by 2030, and assessing trends in the global meningitis burden can help track ...
Roberts, Thomas
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The economic burden of RSV-associated illness in children aged < 5 years, South Africa 2011–2016

BMC Medicine, 2023
Background Data on the economic burden of RSV-associated illness will inform decisions on the programmatic implementation of maternal vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.
Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Sibongile Walaza, Meredith L. McMorrow, Florette Treurnicht, Nicole Wolter, Anne von Gottberg, Kathleen Kahn, Adam L. Cohen, Halima Dawood, Ebrahim Variava, Cheryl Cohen   +11 more
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Apoptosis is essential for neutrophil functional shutdown and determines tissue damage in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2009
During acute bacterial infections such as meningitis, neutrophils enter the tissue where they combat the infection before they undergo apoptosis and are taken up by macrophages.
Häcker Georg, Bianca Obermaier, Georg Häcker, Robert Paul, Hans Häcker, Obermaier, Bianca, Paul Robert, Frankenberg, Tobias, Koedel, Uwe, Uwe Koedel, Frankenberg Tobias, Paul, Robert, Susanne Kirschnek, Kirschnek, Susanne, Tobias Frankenberg, Kirschnek Susanne, Obermaier Bianca, Koedel Uwe, Häcker, Hans, Häcker, Georg, Häcker Hans, Koedel, U;Frankenberg, T;Kirschnek, S;Obermaier, B;Häcker, H;Paul, R;Häcker, G   +21 more
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Correlation between CSF Glucose Level and Outcome on Adult Patients with Meningitis [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Meningitis is an inflammatory response to infection of leptomeningeal cells and subarachnoid space. The severity of the inflammation could be reflected on the CSF glucose level.
Sari, Pramita
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Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background We assessed the utility of a multi-target, real-time PCR assay for Bordetella pertussis detection and diagnosis in patients with severe respiratory illness (SRI), influenza-like illness (ILI), and asymptomatic controls.
Fahima Moosa, Mignon du Plessis, Nicole Wolter, Maimuna Carrim, Cheryl Cohen, Claire von Mollendorf, Sibongile Walaza, Stefano Tempia, Halima Dawood, Ebrahim Variava, Anne von Gottberg   +10 more
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Genetic Features of a Representative Panel of 110 Meningococcal B Isolates to Assess the Efficacy of Meningococcal B Vaccines

mSphere, 2022
Predictions of vaccine efficacy against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease are hindered by antigenic variability, limiting the representativeness of individual NmB isolates.
Alessandro Muzzi, Margherita Bodini, Nadav Topaz, Vega Masignani, Kumaran Vadivelu, Henju Marjuki, Xin Wang, Laura Serino, Duccio Medini   +8 more
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Starting ART following cryptococcal meningitis:The optimal time has yet to be defined

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2013
Ever since the public sector rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2004, the question of the optimal time to start ART following diagnosis of an opportunistic infection has aroused controversy among South African HIV clinicians and researchers.
T A Bicanic, J N Jarvis, A Loyse, T S Harrison   +3 more
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