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Gonorrhea Management in High‐, Limited‐ and No‐Resource Settings: Implications in the Context of Antimicrobial Resistance

International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, represents an escalating global public health threat due to antimicrobial resistance. The current review explores diverse approaches around the globe to gonorrhea management across various settings, with a focus on diagnostic strategies, treatment practices ...
Andrei Tanasov, Maciej Pastuszczak, George‐Sorin Tiplica   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving Cancer Prevention Equity: A Policy Analysis of American Cancer Society HPV Vaccination Guidelines

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine the American Cancer Society's HPV vaccination guidelines through a nursing policy analysis framework, assessing justice and equity outcomes in cancer prevention policy implementation. Background Human papillomavirus vaccination remains critical for cancer prevention, yet persistent health disparities undermine equity goals ...
Grace K. Kyei, Evans K. Kyei, Rockson Ansong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does clinical exposure to different skin tones during training improve diagnostic ability?

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that medical students demonstrate poorer performance when diagnosing pathology in skin of colour (SOC) compared to white skin (WS); it is important to understand the reasons underpinning this. If not addressed, poorer differential diagnostic ability in certain skin tones could entrench existing racial ...
Yusra Shammoon, Anna Coulson, Bethan Trigg, Nariell Morrison, Adam Potts, Moira Pain, Olamide Oguntimehin, Eleanor J. Hothersall‐Davies, Richard Hankins, Celia A. Brown, Amir H. Sam   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful Treatment of Severe Purpura Fulminans With Anakinra

Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare, often fatal pediatric condition characterized by intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin. A timely diagnosis and treatment are paramount to prevent the involvement of internal organs, causing disseminated intravascular coagulation and gangrene of the extremities.
Francesco Zulian, Luca Spiezia, Antonio Amabile, Francesca Tirelli, Alessandra Meneghel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meningococcal infections among refugees and immigrants: silent threats of past, present and future

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Globally, there is an increasing number of international migrants. The majority are forced displaced refugees and children unaccompanied by a caregiver, and have limited access to essential public health interventions.
Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Ray Borrow
doaj   +1 more source

Lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis have components that are immunochemically similar to precursors of human blood group antigens. Carbohydrate sequence specificity of the mouse monoclonal antibodies that recognize crossreacting antigens on LOS and human erythrocytes. [PDF]

, 1988
We have used mouse mAbs, 3F11 and 06B4, that are specific for highly conserved epitopes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharides (LOS) to identify immunochemically similar structures on human erythrocytes. mAb 3F11 agglutinated erythrocytes from all
Griffiss, J, Macher, B, Mandrell, R
core  

A space-time conditional intensity model for infectious disease occurence [PDF]

, 2010
A novel point process model continuous in space-time is proposed for infectious disease data. Modelling is based on the conditional intensity function (CIF) and extends an additive-multiplicative CIF model previously proposed for discrete space epidemic ...
Assunçáo, Daley, Diggle, Diggle, Diggle, Elias, Hawkes, Held, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Jensen, Jewell, Mohler, Neal, Nocedal, Ogata, Ogata, Ogata, Peng, Rathbun, Rosenstein, Scheel, Stroud, Trotter, Zangwill   +26 more
core   +3 more sources

Vaccination Coverage and Factors Associated With Incomplete Vaccination Schedules in Children Under 5 in a Peripheral Area of the Federal District of Brazil

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate vaccination coverage (VC) and analyze the factors associated with the incomplete vaccination schedule (IVS) in children under 5 years of age in two Basic Health Units in the Federal District of Brazil. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Ivea Rayane Mendes Nicacio Viana, Henry Maia Peixoto   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of meningococcal vaccination on carriage and disease transmission: A review of the literature

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Colonization of the human nasopharyngeal tract by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is usually asymptomatic, but life-threatening meningococcal disease with a clinical presentation of meningitis, septicemia, or more rarely, gastrointestinal symptoms ...
Paul Balmer, Cynthia Burman, Lidia Serra, Laura J. York   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Continuing Effectiveness of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Chad, 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad.
Kadidja Gamougam, Doumagoum M. Daugla, Jacques Toralta, Cyriaque Ngadoua, Florence Fermon, Anne-Laure Page, Mamoudou Djingarey, Dominique A. Caugant, Olivier Manigart, Caroline L. Trotter, James M. Stuart, Brian M. Greenwood   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source