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Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease [PDF]

, 2009
Background/Aim. Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal
Dokić Ljubiša, Dulović Olga, Gvozdenović Eleonora, Milošević Branko, Nikolić Svetlana, Pavlović Milorad, Popović Nataša, Stevanović Goran   +7 more
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Mortality and morbidity in community-acquired sepsis in European pediatric intensive care units: a prospective cohort study from the European Childhood Life-threatening Infectious Disease Study (EUCLIDS)

Critical Care, 2018
Background Sepsis is one of the main reasons for non-elective admission to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), but little is known about determinants influencing outcome.
Navin P. Boeddha, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Gertjan J. Driessen, Jethro A. Herberg, Irene Rivero-Calle, Miriam Cebey-López, Daniela S. Klobassa, Ria Philipsen, Ronald de Groot, David P. Inwald, Simon Nadel, Stéphane Paulus, Eleanor Pinnock, Fatou Secka, Suzanne T. Anderson, Rachel S. Agbeko, Christoph Berger, Colin G. Fink, Enitan D. Carrol, Werner Zenz, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Federico Martinón-Torres, Jan A. Hazelzet, Marieke Emonts, on behalf of the EUCLIDS consortium   +25 more
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Public health management of invasive meningococcal disease outbreaks: worldwide 1973–2018, a systematic review

BMC Public Health
Background Infectious disease outbreaks are an ongoing public health concern, requiring extensive resources to prevent and manage. Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is a severe outcome of infection with Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, which can be ...
Brianna R. Morello, Adriana Milazzo, Helen Siobhan Marshall, Lynne C. Giles   +3 more
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Meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults: a review of the rationale for prevention through vaccination

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis is characterized by high mortality and morbidity. While IMD incidence peaks in both infants and adolescents/young adults, carriage rates are often highest in the latter age groups ...
Cynthia Burman, Lidia Serra, Charles Nuttens, Jessica Presa, Paul Balmer, Laura York   +5 more
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Comparative long-term adverse effects elicited by invasive group B and C meningococcal infections. [PDF]

, 2011
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field.BACKGROUND: Given the identity between Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) capsular polysaccharide (polysialic acid; PSA) and PSA found ...
Gottfredsson, Magnus, Reynisson, Ingi K, Ingvarsson, Ragnar F, Kristjansdottir, Hafrun, Nardini, Martina V, Sigurdsson, Jon F, Schneerson, Rachel, Robbins, John B, Miller, Mark A   +8 more
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Rift Valley fever outbreak--Kenya, November 2006-January 2007. [PDF]

, 2007
In mid-December 2006, several unexplained fatalities associated with fever and generalized bleeding were reported to the Kenya Ministry of Health (KMOH) from Garissa District in North Eastern Province (NEP).

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Meningococcal vaccination in pregnancy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Invasive meningococcal disease causes meningitis and septicemia worldwide with highest rates of disease occurring in children
Bahaa Abu Raya, Manish Sadarangani
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EPI Update, June 3, 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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Human genetics of meningococcal infections. [PDF]

Hum Genet, 2020
Hodeib S, Herberg JA, Levin M, Sancho-Shimizu V.   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of different MRSA screening methods.

, 2002
We describe a model to examine the cost-effectiveness of various laboratory-screening approaches to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Cookson, B, Kibbler, C, Kunori, T, Roberts, JA, Stone, S   +4 more
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