Rare generalized form of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W
Журнал инфектологии, 2020 The article presents current data on the high epidemiological and social significance of meningococcal infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis W in the Russian Federation and abroad.
L. N. Mazankova +4 more
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]
, 2014 Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo +10 more
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Meningococcal pneumonia: a review
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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Meningococcal disease in one soldier patient: case report from Vietnam
Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 2021 Meningococcal disease is caused by an infection with Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) bacteria, which is responsible for two major forms of the disease including meningitis and/or septicaemia. N.
Nguyen Thanh Viet +4 more
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Meningococcal infection in children: factors influencing outcome
Журнал инфектологии, 2019 Generalized forms of meningococcal infection are characterized by high risk of complication and fatal outcomes. In Russian Federation, 2016, meningococcal infection was the second most common cause of pediatric deaths (25%) due to infectious diseases ...
O. V. Samodova +3 more
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Meningococcal Urethritis: an additional Source of Meningococcal Disease?
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2020 Background. Beginning with the middle of the XX century some observations about cases of meningococcal urethritis have appeared. The number of articles for such subjects has promptly increased in the last decade of XXI.
N. N. Kostyukova, V. A. Behalo
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Ecologic Study of Meningococcal B Vaccine and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection, Norway
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 To the Editor: Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and salpingitis in women and infertility in men and women. Rates vary; incidence is 12.5 cases/100,000 population in Europe (1) and ≈
J. Whelan +4 more
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Factors Associated with Immunization Opinion Leadership among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, California [PDF]
, 2018 We sought to identify the characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who are opinion leaders on immunization issues and to identify potential opportunities to leverage their influence for vaccine promotion within MSM communities.
Bednarczyk, Robert +9 more
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Experimental meningococcal sepsis in congenic transgenic mice expressing human transferrin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Severe meningococcal sepsis is still of high morbidity and mortality. Its management may be improved by an experimental model allowing better understanding of its pathophysiology.
Marek Szatanik +8 more
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Avaliação da gravidade da sépsis meningocócica em crianças.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2003 Despite advances in critical care medicine, acute meningococcal infection remains complicated by high mortality. Different prognostic scoring systems have been developed but none of them is largely used.
Paulo Oom +3 more
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