Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2022 Teaching Point: Spontaneous, atraumatic pneumocephalus is a rare presentation of pneumococcal meningitis.
Kelly Di Dier, Marc Lemmerling
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The burden of RSV-associated illness in children aged < 5 years, South Africa, 2011 to 2016
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies to protect the very young infant against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated illness are effective for limited time periods.
Jocelyn Moyes +11 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2011 An 80-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis had gait difficulties and frequent falls. MRI of the brain showed an extra-axial enhancing lesion overlying the right frontal-parietal cortex, that progressively extended to the contralateral side. This was accompanied by further decline in her functional status.
Servioli, María J. +3 more
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Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp. [PDF]
, 1996 Serogroup A meningococcus epidemics occurred in refugee populations in Zaire in August 1994. The paper analyses the public health impact of a mass vaccination campaign implemented in a large refugee camp.
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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Febre purpúrica brasileira: resultados preliminares da investigação etiológica
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1987 Em várias regiões do interior do Estado de São Paulo, notificou-se a partir do final de 1984 a 1986, a ocorrência de doença até então desconhecida, com características clínicas, em muitos aspectos, semelhante à meningococcemia.
K. Irino +9 more
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Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa
Nature Communications, 2023 Emergence of the Omicron BA.1/2 SARS-CoV-2 subvariants led to a wave of infection South Africa. Here, the authors use serological data from a prospective household study to characterise infection rates in the context of diverse immune histories following
Kaiyuan Sun +16 more
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Immunological diagnosis as an adjunctive tool for an early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis of an immune competent child in a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pediatric tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Its prompt diagnosis and treat - ment saves lives, in fact delays in the initiation of therapy have been associated with high mortality rates. Case presentation:
Ajassa, Camilla +12 more
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Herpes Simplex virus meningitis in children in South East of Caspian Sea, Iran [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a member of Herpesviridae and a leading cause of human viral diseases. Meningitis occurs as a complication of HSV-1 or HSV-2 primary infection.
Azadfar, S. +4 more
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