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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
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, Denise Cotrim da Cunha, Veronica Cavalcanti, Ivano de Filippis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality and morbidity in community-acquired sepsis in European pediatric intensive care units: a prospective cohort study from the European Childhood Life-threatening Infectious Disease Study (EUCLIDS)

Critical Care, 2018
Background Sepsis is one of the main reasons for non-elective admission to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), but little is known about determinants influencing outcome.
Navin P. Boeddha, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Gertjan J. Driessen, Jethro A. Herberg, Irene Rivero-Calle, Miriam Cebey-López, Daniela S. Klobassa, Ria Philipsen, Ronald de Groot, David P. Inwald, Simon Nadel, Stéphane Paulus, Eleanor Pinnock, Fatou Secka, Suzanne T. Anderson, Rachel S. Agbeko, Christoph Berger, Colin G. Fink, Enitan D. Carrol, Werner Zenz, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Federico Martinón-Torres, Jan A. Hazelzet, Marieke Emonts, on behalf of the EUCLIDS consortium   +25 more
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The Procoagulant and Fibrinolytic Balance of Extracellular Vesicles Predicts Mortality in Septic Shock Patients

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Septic shock is characterised by abnormal coagulation activation with defective fibrinolysis, leading to a high mortality rate. Cellular activation triggers the release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) conveying both procoagulant and fibrinolytic activities.
Romaric Lacroix, Coralie Judicone, Karim Harti Souab, Amandine Bonifay, Anderson Loundou, Tarik Bouriche, Sylvie Cointe, Loris Vallier, Evelyne Abdili, Laurent Arnaud, Stéphane Robert, Philippe Poncelet, Charlotte Grosdidier, Pierre Morange, Eva Cochery‐Nouvellon, Sylvie Bouvier, Jean‐Christophe Gris, Jean‐Yves Lefrant, Marc Leone, Jacques Albanese, Françoise Dignat‐George   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post vaccinal temporary sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]

, 2018
In our systematic research we identified four studies concerning the onset of neurological adverse events following vaccination and two excluding this association.
De Cesare, Donato Pompeo, De Marco, Federica, Di Folco, Francesco, Di Luca, Natale Mario, Massoni, Francesco, Ricci, Serafino, Sacco, Carmina, Tomei, Francesco, Tomei, Gianfranco   +8 more
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Public health management of invasive meningococcal disease outbreaks: worldwide 1973–2018, a systematic review

BMC Public Health
Background Infectious disease outbreaks are an ongoing public health concern, requiring extensive resources to prevent and manage. Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is a severe outcome of infection with Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, which can be ...
Brianna R. Morello, Adriana Milazzo, Helen Siobhan Marshall, Lynne C. Giles   +3 more
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical

MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
A review of an introduction to the mechanisms of formation of OMVs, their action on bacteria and relationship to disease, vaccines, biomonitoring, drug delivery and regenerative medicine in the clinic. ABSTRACT Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth.
Jun Zhou, Shuang Zou, Derong Dai, Liqing He, Xingyu Mou, Ninglin Zhao, Hong Li, Rui Bao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

2024 update on meningococcal vaccination recommendations for children and adults

Pediatria Polska
The best protection against invasive infections caused by meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis), which can lead to death or permanent disability, is immunization.
Ernest Kuchar, Hanna Czajka, Ewelina Gowin, Maria Katarzyna Borszewska-Kornacka, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Anna Skoczyńska, Leszek Szenborn, August Wrotek, Jacek Wysocki, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski, Teresa Jackowska   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

EPI Update, June 22, 2007 [PDF]

, 2007
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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Meningococcaemia causing necrotizing cellulitis associated with acquired complement deficiency after gastric bypass surgery: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Neisseria meningitidis has rarely been described as an agent of necrotic soft tissue infection. Case presentation We report a case of a septic shock with necrotizing cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W, treated by urgent ...
Zoe Pletschette, Elodie De Groote, Wesley Mattheus, Charlotte Waxweiler, Jacques Creteur, David Grimaldi   +5 more
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Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Strategies of Adult Transplant‐Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy: External Validation of Harmonizing Definitions and High‐Risk Criteria

American Journal of Hematology, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 830-839, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Transplant‐associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA‐TMA) is an endothelial dysfunction syndrome observed after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (alloHCT). Our aim was to externally validate the impact of high‐risk features on the clinical outcomes of adult patients meeting the updated TA‐TMA harmonizing criteria. Between 2005 and 2022,
Aldo A. Acosta‐Medina, Meera Sridharan, Ronald S. Go, Ann M. Moyer, Nelson Leung, Maria Alice V. Willrich, Robert Wolf, Rabee Kassis, Almothana Manasrah, Mira A. Kohorst, Urshila Durani, Aasiya Matin, Mehrdad Hefazi, Saad J. Kenderian, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Mithun V. Shah, Mark R. Litzow, William J. Hogan, David Dingli, Hassan B. Alkhateeb   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source