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Clinical Prediction Rule for Distinguishing Bacterial From Aseptic Meningitis.

, 2020
New biomarkers like procalcitonin and C-reactive protein may help design an accurate decision support tool used to identify children with pleocytosis at low or high risk of bacterial meningitis.
Fernandez, Catarina Livana, Benito, Javier, Mintegi, Santiago, Duran, Isabel, Garcia, Silvia, Martin, Maria Jose, Arana-Arri, Eunate, Hernandez-Bou, Susanna   +7 more
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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Acute meningitis has a high case-fatality rate and survivors can have severe lifelong disability. We aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the levels and trends of global meningitis burden that could help to guide introduction ...
GBD 2016 Meningitis Collaborators
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Exposición ocupacional a meningitis meningocócica. A propósito de un caso

RESUMEN. Descripción del caso clínico: En este artículo explicamos la actuación post-exposición frente a la enfermedad por meningitis menigocócica para trabajadores del Área de Salud de Salamanca a propósito de un caso.
Cano Trigueros,Inmaculada, Montes Valdunciel,Encarnación   +1 more
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Enfermedad meningocócica invasiva en niños y adultos en un hospital terciario: epidemiología reciente y factores pronósticos

Anales de Pediatría, 2019
Resumen: Introducción: La enfermedad meningocócica invasiva (EMI) supone una causa importante de morbimortalidad en niños y adultos. Objetivo principal: describir las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de los pacientes con EMI.
Daniela Maturana Martínez, David Aguilera-Alonso, Julia García Mancebo, María Luisa Navarro, Teresa Hernández Sampelayo, Elena María Rincón López, Begoña Santiago-García, Jesús Saavedra-Lozano, Mar Santos, Emilia Cercenado   +9 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease in children and adults in a tertiary level hospital. Recent epidemiology and prognostic factors

Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), 2019
Introduction: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has a high morbidity and mortality in children and adults. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with IMD, to compare them among children and ...
Daniela Maturana Martínez, David Aguilera-Alonso, Julia García Mancebo, María Luisa Navarro, Teresa Hernández Sampelayo, Elena María Rincón López, Begoña Santiago-García, Jesús Saavedra-Lozano, Mar Santos, Emilia Cercenado   +9 more
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The phenotype of the Cryptococcus-specific CD4+ memory T-cell response is associated with disease severity and outcome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Correlates of immune protection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis are poorly defined.
Levitz, SM, Stone, Hunter H, Casazza, Joseph P, Richard A. Koup, Meintjes, Graeme, Levitz, Stuart M, Joseph P. Casazza, Joseph N. Jarvis, Stephen D. Lawn, Stuart M. Levitz, Harrison, Thomas S, Koup, RA, Lawn, Stephen D, Harrison, TS, Thomas S. Harrison, Koup, Richard A, Lawn, SD, Graeme Meintjes, Hunter H. Stone, Meintjes, G, Stone, HH, Jarvis, Joseph N, Jarvis, JN, Casazza, JP   +23 more
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Mortalidade de crianças usuárias de creches no Município de São Paulo Mortality among children enrolled in public day care centers in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2004
OBJETIVO: Descrever o comportamento da mortalidade em crianças usuárias de creches. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo descritivo da mortalidade de crianças da faixa etária de zero a seis anos e 11 meses, matriculadas em toda a Rede Pública Municipal de Creches
Eneida S Ramos Vico, Ruy Laurenti
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First report of Salmonella meningitis in children during 2011-2015 meningitis surveillance in Niger [PDF]

, 2017
Meningitis due to salmonella is a rare infection poorly or not reported from NIGER. The infection is a complication of Salmonella infection that occurs in infants.
A. Moumouni, A. Sousso, A. Ali, J. Zanguina, O. Sani   +3 more
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The role of Public Health Laboratory in the problem os salmonellosis in São Paulo, Brazil O Laboratório de Saúde Pública no problema da salmonelose no Estado de São Paulo

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1996
From 1950 to 1990 a total of 45,862 strains (31,517 isolates from human sources, and 14,345 of non-human origin) were identified at Instituto Adolfo Lutz.
A.E. Taunay, S.A. Fernandes, A.T. Tavechio, B.C. Neves, A.M.G. Dias, K. Irino   +5 more
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Universal Screening of Tanzanian HIV-Infected Adult Inpatients with the Serum Cryptococcal Antigen to Improve Diagnosis and Reduce Mortality: An Operational Study. [PDF]

, 2011
Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of death among HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent developments include the availability of intravenous fluconazole, cryptococcal antigen assays and new data to support fluconazole pre-emptive
Fitzgerald, Daniel W, Wajanga, Bahati Mk, Samuel Kalluvya, Bahati MK Wajanga, Daniel W Fitzgerald, Peck, Robert N, Jennifer A Downs, Warren D Johnson, Downs, Jennifer A, Johnson, Warren D, Robert N Peck, Kalluvya, Samuel   +11 more
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