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Clinical &Experimental Allergy, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 378-390, May 2025.The cost of the Direct Oral Penicillin Challenge (DPC) itself is only a fraction of the full costs required to test for a penicillin allergy label by non‐allergists. The costs of DPC varied between hospitals using a nurse‐led, pharmacist‐led, or mixture of pharmacists and nurses.
R. Bestwick +10 more
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Cost-effectiveness of different MRSA screening methods.
, 2002 We describe a model to examine the cost-effectiveness of various laboratory-screening approaches to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Cookson, B +4 more
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Meningococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Emerging Strategies
Vaccines, 2018 Neisseria meningitidis causes most cases of bacterial meningitis. Meningococcal meningitis is a public health burden to both developed and developing countries throughout the world.
Pumtiwitt C. McCarthy +2 more
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A Systematic Review of Cases of Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis on Lumbar Puncture [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days.
Pettigrew, Alexis, Troendle, Michelle
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Meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2000 Editor,—In May 1999, prior to the meningococcal C campaign, we designed a questionnaire to ascertain knowledge about meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia among 15/16 year olds. Groups of 8–10 volunteers, in each of the local state secondary schools in Bath, independently completed a short questionnaire. The school nurse then led a tutorial session,
Rosemary Jones +3 more
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European Journal of Neurology, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2025.Ravulizumab demonstrated clinically meaningful and durable efficacy and safety in adults with anti‐acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive generalized myasthenia gravis in the CHAMPION MG open‐label extension (OLE) study. Improvements from baseline in MG‐ADL, QMG, and MG‐QOL15r total scores, and the NeuroQOL Fatigue subscale scores achieved in ...
Tuan H. Vu +10 more
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Vaccine implementation: Alaska 2017 [PDF]
, 2017 Bacterial meningitis is a serious disease that causes permanent dysfunction or death; adolescents and young adults carry the greatest risk. The national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released vaccine recommendations that include
Hulstine, Amanda
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Impact of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine for Africa
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 The introduction of a serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine in the African meningitis belt has been a remarkable success. Meningitis due to the serogroup A meningococcus, previously responsible for most epidemics, has fallen by 99% in vaccinated ...
James M. Stuart
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Two New Kindreds with Complete Factor D Deficiency
European Journal of Immunology, Volume 55, Issue 3, March 2025.The complement system plays a crucial role in immune defense, and factor D deficiency is a rare immunodeficiency associated with life‐threatening bacterial infections. We report two new cases of complete factor D deficiency, including the first described in a Down syndrome patient, highlighting the need to investigate complement deficiencies in ...
Mathilde Puel +10 more
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Emergence and genomic diversification of a virulent serogroup W:ST-2881(CC175) Neisseria meningitidis clone in the African meningitis belt. [PDF]
, 2017 Countries of the African 'meningitis belt' are susceptible to meningococcal meningitis outbreaks. While in the past major epidemics have been primarily caused by serogroup A meningococci, W strains are currently responsible for most of the cases.
Abdul Sater, Mohamad R +12 more
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