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Meningococcus, this famous unknown

Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2021
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for two devastating forms of invasive diseases: purpura fulminans and meningitis.
dos Santos Souza, Isabel, Ziveri, Jason, Bouzinba-Segard, Haniaa, Morand, Philippe, Bourdoulous, Sandrine   +4 more
doaj   +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

Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease, New York City, 1989–2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Study of the epidemiologic trends in meningococcal disease is important in understanding infection dynamics and developing timely and appropriate public health interventions.
Alexandre Sampaio Moura, Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Marcelle Layton, Don Weiss   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meningococcal Carriage in ‘Men Having Sex With Men’ With Pharyngeal Gonorrhoea

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
We assessed the characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis pharyngeal carriage in a cohort of ‘men having sex with men’, including patients with pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection.
Sara Morselli, Valeria Gaspari, Alessia Cantiani, Melissa Salvo, Claudio Foschi, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Antonella Marangoni   +6 more
doaj   +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

Genome wide expression profiling reveals suppression of host defence responses during colonisation by Neisseria meningitides but not N. lactamica. [PDF]

, 2011
Both Neisseria meningitidis and the closely related bacterium Neisseria lactamica colonise human nasopharyngeal mucosal surface, but only N. meningitidis invades the bloodstream to cause potentially life-threatening meningitis and septicaemia.
Hibberd, Martin L, Kroll, J Simon, Langford, Paul R, Li, Ming-Shi, Wong, Hazel En En   +4 more
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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

Adjuvants : an essential component of neisseria vaccines [PDF]

, 2009
Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action. Neisseria vaccines containing traditional adjuvants such as aluminium salts have existed for long time, but meningitis ...
Acevedo, R., Balbao, J., Cabrera, O., Cuello, M., del Campo, J., Ferro, Valerie A., Gonzales, E., Romeu, B., Zayas, C.   +8 more
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Use of the Pfizer Pentavalent Meningococcal Vaccine Among Persons Aged ≥10 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ― United States, 2023

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening invasive infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Two quadrivalent (serogroups A, C, W, and Y) meningococcal conjugate vaccines (MenACWY) (MenACWY-CRM [Menveo, GSK] and MenACWY-TT [MenQuadfi, Sanofi Pasteur])
Jennifer P. Collins, Samuel J Crowe, Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez, Lynn Bahta, Doug Campos-Outcalt, Jamie Loehr, Rebecca L Morgan, K. Poehling, Lucy A. McNamara   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stewardship of Molecular Diagnostics in Transplant Viral Infections

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transplant environment requires special considerations when testing for viral infections as immunosuppression results in atypical infection profiles. Microbes otherwise considered commensals or causing mild disease can lead to severe infections in transplant environments. Therefore, guidelines tend to recommend broader microbial testing in
Scott Sugden, David Reynoso, Reema Mathew, Michael Loeffelholz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source