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Knowledge Levels and Attitudes of Pediatric Physicians Regarding Meningococcal Infections and Vaccines: A Cross-Sectional Study

Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
Objective: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) clinically manifests as meningitis, meningococcemia, or a combination of both. Globally, approximately 1.2 million meningococcal cases are reported annually, resulting in 135,000 deaths.
Hicran Altın
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money, Erin Sullivan, Hannah Rector, Corrie E. McDaniel, Jessica L. Markham, Mersine A. Bryan   +5 more
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Morbidity status for selected vaccine-preventable infections in the Irkutsk region in different periods of vaccine prevention

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. The success of vaccination prevention at the present stage is undeniable. However, the epidemiological features of individual infections dictate the need of optimizing this preventive measure.
T. A. Bayanova
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A severe course of serogroup W meningococcemia in a patient with infantile nephropathic cystinosis

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
We present a 9-month old boy with cystinosis admitted to our hospital with the complaints of vomiting, diarrhea and seizure. While he was hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit due to worsening of his signs related to cystinosis, within hours ...
Gurkan Bozan, Omer Kilic, Nuran Çetin, Gonca Kılıç Yıldırım, Hasan Bora Ulukapi, Merve Iseri Nepesov, Aslı Kavaz Tufan, Ener Cagri Dinleyici   +7 more
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Greater Cochlear Damage in Otogenic Versus Meningogenic Meningitis: Hearing Rehabilitation Implications

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Otogenic route of meningitis was associated with greater cochlear hair cell loss in comparison with the meningogenic one in this otopathology study. Neuronal depletion has been traditionally implicated in failed hearing rehabilitation of post‐meningitis deafness.
Matheus Pedrosa Tavares, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Rafael da Costa Monsanto, Nevra Keskin‐Yilmaz, Breno Lima de Almeida, Norma de Oliveira Penido   +5 more
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Mixing patterns and the spread of close-contact infectious diseases. [PDF]

, 2006
Surprisingly little is known regarding the human mixing patterns relevant to the spread of close-contact infections, such as measles, influenza and meningococcal disease. This study aims to estimate the number of partnerships that individuals make, their
Edmunds, WJ, Kafatos, G, WJ Edmunds, Edmunds WJ, J Wallinga, Wallinga, J, Kafatos G, G Kafatos, Mossong JR, Mossong, JR, Wallinga J, JR Mossong   +11 more
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N. meningitidis and TLR Polymorphisms: A Fascinating Immunomodulatory Network

Vaccines, 2016
N. meningitidis infections represent a global health problem that can lead to the development of serious permanent sequelae. Although the use of antibiotics and prevention via vaccination have reduced the incidence of meningococcal disease, our ...
Elena Gianchecchi, Alessandro Torelli, Giulia Piccini, Simona Piccirella, Emanuele Montomoli   +4 more
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Stakeholders' perspectives on integrating point‐of‐care diagnostics into forensic death investigations in South Africa

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Unnatural and unexplained deaths present critical challenges to the criminal justice, medico‐legal, and public health systems. This study explored forensic professionals' perspectives on the integration of point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics into unnatural death investigations in South Africa.
Sebueng Ramatsokotla, Bathabile Soul, Kuhlula Maluleke, Lucinda Evert, Stefan Jansen van Vurren, Bettina Chale‐Matsau, Susan Mabotja, Evans Duah, Tivani Mashamba‐Thompson   +8 more
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Sampling methods to detect carriage of Neisseria meningitidis; literature review.

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: Studies of meningococcal carriage are important in understanding the epidemiology of meningococcal disease and the impact of vaccination programmes. However, microbiological sampling methods to determine pharyngeal carriage are not consistent
Stuart, James, Roberts, Jonathan, Greenwood, Brian   +2 more
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Evaluation of pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in Tehran, Iran

New Microbes and New Infections, 2022
Meningitis and meningococcal septicemia are potentially life-threatening illnesses; young people in educational institutions have been repeatedly exposed to outbreaks of meningococcal infections.
A. Fahimzad, M. Khatmi, F. Shiva, S.E. Mortazavi, F. Shirvani, F.A. Gorji   +5 more
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