Pediatric bacterial meningitis and meningococcal disease profile in a Brazilian General Hospital
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objective: To evaluate the clinical and epidemiological profile of bacterial meningitis and meningococcal disease in pediatric patients admitted to a Brazilian Secondary Public Hospital.
Cristina Ryoka Miyao Yoshioka +2 more
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Genetic Variation in Neisseria meningitidis Does Not Influence Disease Severity in Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Neisseria meningitidis causes sepsis and meningitis in humans. It has been suggested that pathogen genetic variation determines variance in disease severity. Here we report results of a genome-wide association study of 486 N.
Philip H. C. Kremer +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundBacterial meningitis is associated with significant burden in Brazil. In 2010, both 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and meningococcal capsular group C conjugate vaccine were introduced into the routine vaccination schedule. Haemophilus
Ana Bierrenbach, Cristiana Toscano
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Epidemiology, clinical features and outcome of adults with meningococcal meningitis: a 15-year prospective nationwide cohort study [PDF]
Lancet Regional Health - Europe, The, 2023 Matthijs Brouwer, Nina van Sorge
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Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2005 A C Anand
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The epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis: multicenter, hospital-based surveillance of meningococcal meningitis in Iraq [PDF]
IJID Regions, 2021 Sereen Iweir +2 more
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Meningococcal meningitis [PDF]
BMJ, 1988 Meningococci continue to cause outbreaks of disease throughout the world. The UK is currently experiencing an upsurge due to organisms of groups B and C. There is substantial under-reporting of meningococcal disease, only meningitis currently being notifiable. All significant meningococcal strains should be typed by a reference laboratory.
A S, Sohal, V R, Rao
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Neisseria Meningitidis Causing Multiple Cerebral Abscesses in Early Neonatal Period: Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Neisseria meningitidis is a rare cause of meningitis and septicemia in neonates. There are few published case reports of neonatal meningococcal meningitis complicated by subdural empyema, cerebral abscess and hydrocephalus.
LAXMAN BASANI, ROJA AEPALA
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Meningococcal vaccines in China
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a reportable infectious disease in China, due to the high incidence of meningitis in the era before the availability of vaccines.
Yinghua Xu +5 more
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Neisseria meningitidis pneumonia with bacteremia without meningitis: An atypical presentation
IDCases, 2020 Neisseria meningitidis remains the most important cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide. The second most common and potentially severe end-organ manifestation of invasive meningococcal disease is meningococcal pneumonia.
Fatma Mohamed Mahmoud, Thana Harhara
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