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Clonal analysis of meningococci during a 26 year period prior to the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccines [PDF]

, 2015
Meningococcal disease remains a public health burden in the UK and elsewhere. Invasive Neisseria meningitidis, isolated in Scotland between 1972 and 1998, were characterised retrospectively to examine the serogroup and clonal structure of the circulating
Clarke, Stuart C., Davies, Robert L., Diggle, Mathew A., Sullivan, Christopher B.   +3 more
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Meningococcal pneumonia: a review [PDF]

Pneumonia, 2019
Background Although Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis, meningococcal pneumonia is the most common non-neurological organ disease caused by this pathogen.
Charles Feldman, Ronald Anderson
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Colistin Sensitivity and Factor H-Binding Protein Expression among Commensal Neisseria Species

mSphere, 2021
This study highlights the need for further work to accurately determine the pharyngeal carriage prevalence of NeisseriaN.
Stephen A. Clark, Steve Gray, Adam Finn, Ray Borrow   +3 more
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Analysis of Intestinal and Nasopharyngeal Microbiota of Children with Meningococcemia in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: INMACS-PICU Study

Diagnostics, 2023
Microbiota composition might play a role in the pathophysiology and course of sepsis, and understanding its dynamics is of clinical interest. Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an important cause of community-acquired serious infection, and there is
Gurkan Bozan, Vicente Pérez-Brocal, Kaan Aslan, Eylem Kiral, Esra Sevketoglu, Mutlu Uysal Yazici, Ebru Azapagasi, Tanil Kendirli, Serhat Emeksiz, Oguz Dursun, Dincer Yildizdas, Ayse Berna Anil, Nihal Akcay, Hasan Serdar Kihtir, Merve Havan, Nazan Ulgen Tekerek, Faruk Ekinci, Omer Kilic, Andres Moya, Ener Cagri Dinleyici   +19 more
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An overview of the meningococcal disease and impact of the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine [PDF]

Novel Research in Microbiology Journal, 2021
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which are the three membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord; which occurs when the fluid surrounding the meninges becomes infected.
Asmaa Alrobai, Jehan Alrahimi, Sahar El Hadad   +2 more
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Risk factors for carriage of meningococcus in third-level students in Ireland: an unsupervised machine learning approach

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The aim of this study was to examine the risk factors for pharyngeal carriage of meningococci in third-level students using an unsupervised machine learning approach.
Richard J. Drew, Desirée Bennett, Sinéad O’Donnell, Robert Mulhall, Robert Cunney   +4 more
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Preventing invasive meningococcal disease in early infancy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
This review considers the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in infants, to examine and critique meningococcal disease prevention in this population through vaccination.
Jessica Presa, Lidia Serra, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Laura York   +3 more
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Vaccination Coverage among Immunocompromised Patients in a Large Health Maintenance Organization: Findings from a Novel Computerized Registry

Vaccines, 2022
Immune-compromised patients (IPs) are at high risk for infections, some of which are preventable by vaccines. Specific vaccines are recommended for IP; however, the vaccination rate is suboptimal.
Shirley Shapiro Ben David, Iris Goren, Vered Mourad, Amos Cahan   +3 more
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Herd Protection against Meningococcal Disease through Vaccination

Microorganisms, 2020
Reduction in the transmission of Neisseria meningitidis within a population results in fewer invasive disease cases. Vaccination with meningococcal vaccines composed of high weight capsular polysaccharide without carrier proteins has minimal effect ...
Stephen A. Clark, Ray Borrow
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Invasive meningococcal disease in patients with complement deficiencies: a case series (2008–2017)

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background To describe patients with inherited and acquired complement deficiency who developed invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in England over the last decade. Methods Public Health England conducts enhanced surveillance of IMD in England.
Shamez N. Ladhani, Helen Campbell, Jay Lucidarme, Steve Gray, Sydel Parikh, Laura Willerton, Stephen A. Clark, Aiswarya Lekshmi, Andrew Walker, Sima Patel, Xilian Bai, Mary Ramsay, Ray Borrow   +12 more
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