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Meningococcal infection [PDF]

BMJ, 1980
C. Katona
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Insight into Prevention of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: A Short Review

Vaccines, 2022
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus) and Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) are important global pathogens which cause the sexually transmitted diseases gonorrhea and meningitis, respectively, as well as sepsis.
Vincenza La Fauci, Daniela Lo Giudice, Raffaele Squeri, Cristina Genovese   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination Uptake and Patient Perceptions Among Haemodialysis Patients: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

J Ren Care
ABSTRACT Background Haemodialysis patients face an elevated risk of infectious diseases due to immunosuppression and frequent exposure to healthcare settings. Vaccination is a critical preventive strategy for this population; however, coverage remains inconsistent across different vaccines.
Potamianou E, Dimitriadou I, Saridi M, Toska A, Fradelos EC, Theofilou P, Papagiannis D.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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Looking beyond meningococcal B with the 4CMenB vaccine: the Neisseria effect

npj Vaccines, 2021
Infections with Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae have different clinical manifestations, but the bacteria share up to 80–90% genome sequence identity.
Yara Ruiz García, Woo-Yun Sohn, Kate L. Seib, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Julio A. Vázquez, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Kumaran Vadivelu, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, Rafik Bekkat-Berkani   +9 more
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Evidence for Multi-Organ Infection During Experimental Meningococcal Sepsis due to ST-11 Isolates in Human Transferrin-Transgenic Mice

Microorganisms, 2020
The description of invasive meningococcal disease that is provoked by Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is frequently restricted to meningitis. However, a wide panel of clinical presentations can be encountered including severe forms with intense inflammatory ...
Michael Levy, Myriam Aouiti Trabelsi, Muhamed-Kheir Taha   +2 more
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Exploring the Ability of Meningococcal Vaccines to Elicit Mucosal Immunity: Insights from Humans and Mice

Pathogens, 2021
Neisseria meningitidis causes a devastating invasive disease but is also a normal colonizer of the human nasopharynx. Due to the rapid progression of disease, the best tool to protect individuals against meningococcal infections is immunization. Clinical
Elissa G. Currie, Scott D. Gray-Owen
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Fatal meningococcal meningitis in a HIV-infected patient caused by serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the non-hypervirulent clonal complex ST-60 (cc60)

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Meningococcal strains belonging to clonal complex cc60 are not associated with hypervirulent lineages and were never reported as causing disease in Latin American countries.
Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Biologist, Denise Cotrim da Cunha, MD, Veronica Cavalcanti, Biologist, Ivano de Filippis   +3 more
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Prophylactic Antibiotic Use and Risk of Meningococcal Infections in Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Treated with Eculizumab Who Received Meningococcal Vaccination: Results from the International PNH Registry

Blood, 2019
INTRODUCTION Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) patients treated with eculizumab have an increased susceptibility to serious meningococcal infections.
Christopher J. Patriquin, A. Kulasekararaj, R. Latour, J. Jang, Saskia M C Langemeijer, A. Maschan, A. Wilson, D. Jain, J. Maciejewski   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transmissibility and pathogenicity of the emerging meningococcal serogroup W sequence type-11 complex South American strain: a mathematical modeling study

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background The recent emergence of strains belonging to the meningococcal serogroup W (MenW) sequence type-11 clonal complex and descending from the South American sub-lineage (MenW:cc11/SA) has caused significant shifts in the epidemiology of ...
Matthieu Domenech de Cellès, Helen Campbell, Ray Borrow, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Lulla Opatowski   +4 more
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