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Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is an obligate human Gram-negative diplococcus. It is carried in the nasopharynx by about 3–10% of people, with most strains being harmless and inducing immunity. Pathogenic strains usually belong to specific clones that are encapsulated, express pili, and the major porin, PorA.
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Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is an obligate human Gram-negative diplococcus. It is carried in the nasopharynx by about 3–10% of people, with most strains being harmless and inducing immunity. Pathogenic strains usually belong to specific clones that are encapsulated, express pili, and the major porin, PorA.
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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1987
A nationwide epidemiological survey on invasive (blood and/or CSF culture positive) Haemophilus influenzae (HI) and meningococcal infections was performed in Finland in 1976-1980. The mean annual incidence of HI infection was 3.4/100,000 inhabitants (813
P. Valmari, M. Kataja, H. Peltola
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A nationwide epidemiological survey on invasive (blood and/or CSF culture positive) Haemophilus influenzae (HI) and meningococcal infections was performed in Finland in 1976-1980. The mean annual incidence of HI infection was 3.4/100,000 inhabitants (813
P. Valmari, M. Kataja, H. Peltola
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Critical Care Medicine, 1996
OBJECTIVES To determine the pattern of the soluble interleukin (IL)-6 receptor during acute meningococcal infections and recovery phase, and to measure the effect of plasma or whole blood exchange on the plasma concentrations of these mediators ...
J. Frieling +6 more
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OBJECTIVES To determine the pattern of the soluble interleukin (IL)-6 receptor during acute meningococcal infections and recovery phase, and to measure the effect of plasma or whole blood exchange on the plasma concentrations of these mediators ...
J. Frieling +6 more
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Treating meningococcal infections in children
Hospital Medicine, 2002Aggressive early treatment of meningococcal disease in children can reduce mortality. This relies on prompt recognition of septicaemia and meningitis, and treatment of the complications of shock and raised intracranial pressure.
Simon Nadel, Steven B Welch
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MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS IN MENINGOCOCCIC INFECTIONS
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1948CHEMOTHERAPY, by reducing the early mortality in meningococcic disease, allows the appearance of late complications. The 13 year old girl whose illness is reported survived the early days of her disease with the aid of chemotherapy, but severe cardiac complications developed. A review of the literature has failed to reveal reports of any other child in
Charles Upton Lowe, Louis K. Diamond
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An outbreak of meningococcal infections
Pathology, 1970In recent years meningococcal infections have been rare in Canberra. The occurrence of 8 cases in 5 mth. presented an opportunity for a study of the epidemiology of the disease. The ages of the patients varied from 3 days to 22 yr., but only 2 were over the age of 18 mth. These were both young adult men and were the only deaths in the series.
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MENINGOCOCCIC INFECTION IN SOLDIERS
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1943One hundred and twelve patients with meningococcic infection were studied at the Station Hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, between Jan. 1, 1942 and April 17, 1943. Eighty of these patients had meningitis, and 32 had bacteremia without localization in the meninges.
William A. Jaquette +2 more
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MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION IN LANARKSHIRE [PDF]
The Lancet, 1986 B.M. Mathew, A.K.R. Chaudhuri
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