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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 +5 more
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Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Complement inhibitor therapy carries a risk of serious infections, including meningococcal disease. Here we provide evidence‐based recommendations and expert consensus for immunisation and prophylactic treatment of patients receiving, or planning to receive, complement inhibitors for neurological conditions in the Australian setting.
Katherine A. Buzzard +13 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 +5 more
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Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsMeningococcal infections range from asymptomatic carriage to fulminant sepsis with tissue necrosis. As the disease progresses rapidly, vaccination remains the most effective preventive strategy.
Şerif Serifoglu, Tamay Gürbüz
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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 +7 more
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Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Infections caused by encapsulated pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis contribute to significant morbidity and mortality, with immunodeficiency being an important risk factor for recurrent and invasive disease.
B. Tan +5 more
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Contribution of receptors to 'Neisseria meningitidis' interactions with human macrophages [PDF]
, 2004 N. meningitidis is a gram-negative human pathogen that invades human cells, evades immune responses and goes on to cause meningococcal disease, sepsis and death.
Abdillahi, Fatumo Abdi
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Meningococcal pneumonia: a review
Pneumonia, 2019 Background Although Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis, meningococcal pneumonia is the most common non-neurological organ disease caused by this pathogen.
Charles Feldman, Ronald Anderson
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Immunogenicity of the 9‐Valent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Occupationally‐Exposed Adults
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 11, Issue 6, December 2026.ABSTRACT Objective HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and has a well‐established role in the pathogenesis of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). HPV DNA is detectable in surgical smoke, and case reports have linked occupational exposure to laryngeal papillomatosis in ...
Colleen M. Schinderle Thurber +2 more
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Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: To examine biological and social risk factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents. Design: Prospective, population based, matched cohort study with controls matched for age and sex in 1:1 matching.
Stuart, J.M. +9 more
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