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Hospitalizations related to meningococcal infection in Spain from 1997 to 2018 [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Baseline hospitalization, mortality, and in-hospital fatality rates for meningococcal infection are required to evaluate preventive interventions, such as the inclusion of the conjugated quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine and serogroup B based
Stefan Walter, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Mario Gil-Conesa, Gil Rodriguez-Caravaca, Jesús San Román, Angel Gil de Miguel   +5 more
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Case Report: Fulminant meningococcus-meningitis under treatment with ravulizumab despite complete vaccination—a rare but severe complication [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectivesComplement C5 inhibitors such as ravulizumab are increasingly used for acetylcholine receptor–positive generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) but confer a relevant risk of invasive meningococcal infection.
Gábor Kozák, Gábor Kozák, Stefan Förster, Michael Haap, Reimer Riessen, Samuel Böhm-Gonzalez, Jan-Hendrik Stahl, Alexander Grimm, Ulf Ziemann, Ulf Ziemann, Siri Göpel, Josua Kegele, Annerose Mengel, Annerose Mengel, Katharina Feil, Katharina Feil   +15 more
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World Experience in the Use Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccines (literature review)

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2022
Relevance. The success of vaccine prophylaxis of meningococcal infection depends on the composition and properties of vaccine preparations and the strict implementation of recommendations on vaccine prophylaxis tactics by the territorial epidemiological ...
I. S. Koroleva, M. A. Koroleva
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MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION: A BRIEF REVIEW AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE GENERALIZED FORM OF THE DISEASE IN THREE-MONTH-OLD TWINS

Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society: Medical Sciences, 2022
Meningococcal infection in the form of sporadic cases or minor group outbreaks, mostly among children, is registered in all countries of the world. The disease has a wide range of clinical manifestations – from an asymptomatic bacterial carriage and ...
Oleksandra Prokopiv, Svitlana Lysheniuk, Lidia Segedii, Halyna Karmazyn   +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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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of meningococcal infection morbidity in Penza Region for the period 2007-2019

Журнал инфектологии, 2021
Objective. To study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of meningococcal disease morbidity in the Penza Region population for the period 2007-2019.Materials and methods.
V. L. Melnikov, N. N. Mitrofanova, A. E. Mitushkin   +2 more
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Treatment of meningococcal infection [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2003
Aggressive early treatment of meningococcal disease can reduce mortality. This relies on prompt recognition and treatment of the complications of septicaemia and meningitis, appropriate ongoing intensive care where necessary, and adequate management of multiple organ failure.
S B, Welch, S, Nadel
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Recommendations of the Polish Paediatric Society, the Polish Society of Vaccinology, and the Polish Society of Family Medicine on meningococcal vaccinations in children and adults in Poland

Pediatria Polska, 2022
Invasive meningococcal disease is a dangerous bacterial infection that often leads to death or permanent disability. Immunization is the best strategy to protect individuals against invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
Ernest Kuchar, Hanna Czajka, Ewelina Gowin, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Anna Skoczyńska, Leszek Szenborn, August Wrotek, Jacek Wysocki, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski, Teresa Jackowska   +10 more
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Improving the therapy of generalized forms of Meningococcal infection in children using extracorporeal hemocorrection

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2021
Invasive meningococcal infection is a significant cause of death, reaching 80% in septic shock. The Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases (PRCCID) has developed an algorithm for the treatment of children with invasive ...
K. V. Markova, E. Yu. Skripchenko, K. V. Serednyakov, Yu. V. Lobzin, N. V. Skripchenko, V. E. Karev, A. N. Uskov, A. A. Vilnits, E. Yu. Gorelik   +8 more
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Can near real-time monitoring of emergency department diagnoses facilitate early response to sporadic meningococcal infection? - prospective and retrospective evaluations

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010
Background Meningococcal infection causes severe, rapidly progressing illness and reporting of cases is mandatory in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Zheng Wei, Muscatello David J, O'Toole Libby, Churches Tim   +3 more
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