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HIB-INFECTION: MENINGITIS, CELLULITIS IN THE CHILD OF 6 MONTHS

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2015
A clinical case of Hib-infection is the clinic purulent meningitis and pannikulita young child. Shows the complexity of the differential diagnosis of meningitis in combination with panniculitis with meningococcal disease (meningitis, meningokokktsemiya).
G. A. Harchenko, V. A. Kolokolov, O. G. Kimirilova, A. A. Kimirilov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neisseria meningitidis nasopharyngeal carriage during the Hajj: A cohort study evaluating the need for ciprofloxacin prophylaxis [PDF]

, 2017
Background The annual Muslim pilgrimage has the potential of increase risk for acquisition of Neisseria meningitidis. Here, we evaluate the Hajj impact on the prevalence of N.
Abdallah Assiri, Abdulhafeez Turkistani, Esam I. Azhar, Huda Ben Helaby, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Malak Almasri, Muhammad Yasir, Muneera S. Al-Saeed, Ray Borrow, Ziad A. Memish   +9 more
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Comparative proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid reveals a predictive model for differential diagnosis of pneumococcal, meningococcal, and enteroviral meningitis, and novel putative therapeutic targets

BMC Genomics, 2015
BackgroundMeningitis is the inflammation of the meninges in response to infection or chemical agents. While aseptic meningitis, most frequently caused by enteroviruses, is usually benign with a self-limiting course, bacterial meningitis remains ...
Ana Paula Cordeiro, R. Pereira, A. Chapeaurouge, Clarice Semião Coimbra, J. Perales, G. Oliveira, T. M. Candiani, R. Coimbra   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 single nucleotide polymorphisms in children with bacterial meningitis and their healthy family members

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background: The aim was to analyse TLR2 rs5743708, TLR2 rs4696480, TLR4 rs4986790, TLR9 rs5743836, and TLR9 rs352140 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in children with pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis and their family members.
Ewelina Gowin, Bogna Świątek-Kościelna, Ewelina Kałużna, Jerzy Nowak, Michał Michalak, Jacek Wysocki, Danuta Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complement system: A key player in the host response to infections

European Journal of Immunology, Volume 54, Issue 11, November 2024.
Duality of the complement system during infection: An adequate immune defense clears the infection and restores tissue resilience, whereas a maladaptive response due to complement hyperactivation results in hyperinflammation and tissue injury, as seen in sepsis and pneumonia.
Archana Jayaraman, Sarah Walachowski, Markus Bosmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic relationships and regional spread of meningococcal strains in the meningitis belt, 2011–2016Research in context

EBioMedicine, 2019
Background: Historically, the major cause of meningococcal epidemics in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa has been Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA), but the incidence has been substantially reduced since the introduction of a serogroup A ...
Nadav Topaz, Dominique A. Caugant, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ola Brønstad Brynildsrud, Nadia Debech, Eva Hong, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Rasmata Ouédraogo, Sani Ousmane, Kadidja Gamougame, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Seydou Diarra, LeAnne M. Fox, Xin Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation between proinflammatory cytokines and antiinflammatory mediators and the severity of disease in meningococcal infections [PDF]

, 1995
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Bartelink, A.K.M., Dalen, R. van, Deuren, M. van, Meer, J.W.M. van der, Sauerwein, R.W., Ven-Jongekrijg, J. van der   +5 more
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Meningoccocal meningitis complicated with subdural effusion: a report of two infant cases

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infection in children of all ages. Children less than 1 year of age are at greater risk of invasive disease than older children. In endemic countries, the invasive meningococcal infections are
Victor Perez-Pico,1 Eduardo Llausas-Magana,1 Angel Leon-Ramirez,1 Giordano Perez-Gaxiola,2 and Nidia Leon-Sicairos.3
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Event-based surveillance during EXPO Milan 2015. Rationale, tools, procedures, and initial results [PDF]

, 2016
More than 21 million participants attended EXPO Milan from May to October 2015, making it one of the largest protracted mass gathering events in Europe.
Bastiampillai, Anan Judina, Caporali, Maria Grazia, Costanzo, Virgilio, Declich, Silvia, Gabrielli, Eugenia, Gramegna, Maria, Linge, Jens P., Manso, Martina Del, Mantica, Eleonora, Napoli, Christian, Piatti, Alessandra, Pompa, Maria Grazia, Riccardo, Flavia, Vellucci, Loredana, Verile, Marco   +14 more
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An expanded age range for meningococcal meningitis: molecular diagnostic evidence from population-based surveillance in Asia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
BackgroundTo understand epidemiologic patterns of meningococcal disease in Asia, we performed a retrospective molecular analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens collected in prospective surveillance among children aged
S. A. Kim, D. W. Kim, B. Dong, J. S. Kim, D. Anh, P. Kilgore   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source