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Heart damage during meningococcal infection

Лечащий Врач
Background. Meningococcal infection (MI) remains relevant in the modern world. In the Russian Federation, there is currently an increase in cases of meningococcal infection in the adult population.
A. A. Grishaeva, L. K. Alimova, A. M. Domkina, Zh. B. Ponezheva, V. V. Maleev   +4 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.
Booth, C., Booy, R., Coen, P.G., Kaczmarski, E., Klein, N., Peckham, C., Stuart, J.M., Tully, J., Viner, R.M., Zambon, M.   +9 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease in three siblings with hereditary deficiency of the 8th component of complement: Evidence for the importance of an early diagnosis [PDF]

, 2016
Deficiency of the eighth component of complement (C8) is a very rare primary immunodeficiency, associated with invasive, recurrent infections mainly caused by Neisseria species.
A Orren, AE Platonov, AE Platonov, AJ Turley, AS Grumach, CA Fijen, DF Arnold, EG Jorge de, F Bossi, J Andreoni, JE Figueroa, Laura Dell’Era, Luca De Maso, M Cugno, M Dahl, M Kuruvilla, MA Hadders, Mara Giordano, Maria Cristina Pietrogrande, Massimo Cugno, P Macor, Paola Pavesi, Paolo Macor, R Naidoor, Rosa Maria Dellepiane, S Hoare, SC Ross, T Kaufmann   +27 more
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Vaccination Coverage and Factors Associated With Incomplete Vaccination Schedules in Children Under 5 in a Peripheral Area of the Federal District of Brazil

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate vaccination coverage (VC) and analyze the factors associated with the incomplete vaccination schedule (IVS) in children under 5 years of age in two Basic Health Units in the Federal District of Brazil. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Ivea Rayane Mendes Nicacio Viana, Henry Maia Peixoto   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of healthcare professionals towards the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bacterial meningitis in Turkey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults. Better understanding of the seroepidemiology of meningitis is critical for both the selection and implementation of an effective ...
Meltem Dinleyici, Merve Iseri Nepesov, Oguz Resat Sipahi, Kursat Bora Carman, Omer Kilic, Ener Cagri Dinleyici   +5 more
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Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type and Risk for Death, Iceland

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Invasive meningococcal infections are hyperendemic in Iceland, a relatively isolated country in the mid-Atlantic. We performed a nationwide study on all viable meningococcal strains (N = 362) from 1977 to 2004.
Magnús Gottfreðsson, Mathew A. Diggle, David I. Lawrie, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Hjördís Harðardóttir, Karl G. Kristinsson, Stuart C. Clarke   +6 more
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Stewardship of Molecular Diagnostics in Transplant Viral Infections

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transplant environment requires special considerations when testing for viral infections as immunosuppression results in atypical infection profiles. Microbes otherwise considered commensals or causing mild disease can lead to severe infections in transplant environments. Therefore, guidelines tend to recommend broader microbial testing in
Scott Sugden, David Reynoso, Reema Mathew, Michael Loeffelholz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meningococcal vaccine. From capsular polysaccharides of microbes to proteases

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2012
Microbial capsular polysaccharides for many years provided a highly practical public health vaccines for preventing meningococcal, pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenza infection, and typhoid fever.
A P Alliluyev, I V Anokhina, L D Rumsh, E E Melnikov, O V Kotelnikova, E A Sitnikova, E J Drozzina, L S Zhigis, E J Yagudayeva, O A Razgulyaeva, V S Zueva, L V Kozlov, A E Avakov   +12 more
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Serogroup W-135 Meningococcal Disease during the Hajj, 2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
An outbreak of serogroup W-135 meningococcal disease occurred during the 2000 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Disease was reported worldwide in Hajj pilgrims and their close contacts; however, most cases were identified in Saudi Arabia.
Jairam R. Lingappa, Abdullah M. Al-Rabeah, Rana Hajjeh, Tajammal Mustafa, Adel Fatani, Tami Al-Bassam, Amira Badukhan, Abdulhafiz Turkistani, Nassen Al-Hamdan, Mohamed Al-Jeffri, Yaqoub Al Mazrou, Bradley A. Perkins, Tanja Popovic, Leonard W. Mayer, Nancy E. Rosenstein   +14 more
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The human host defense peptide LL-37 interacts with Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharides and inhibits inflammatory mediators release. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Capsular polysaccharides (CPS) are a major virulence factor in meningococcal infections and form the basis for serogroup designation and protective vaccines.
Susu M Zughaier, Pavel Svoboda, Jan Pohl, David S Stephens, William M Shafer   +4 more
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