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A case report of multiple cerebral abscess formation complicating serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) presenting with meningitis causes significant mortality and morbidity. Suppurative complications of serogroup B meningococcal sepsis are rare and necessitate urgent multidisciplinary management to mitigate ...
Ciara O’Connor, Aedin Collins, Eilish Twomey, Conor Hensey, John Caird, Patrick J. Gavin   +5 more
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EPI Update, June 22, 2007 [PDF]

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

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Analysing Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Meningococcal Meningitis Outbreaks in Niger Reveals Opportunities for Improved Disease Control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
Background Meningococcal meningitis is a major health problem in the “African Meningitis Belt” where recurrent epidemics occur during the hot, dry season.
J. Paireau, Florian Girond, J. Collard, H. B. Maïnassara, J. Jusot   +4 more
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Meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for mass and routine vaccination with available polysaccharide vaccines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003
Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which is protective at all ...
Robbins John B., Schneerson Rachel, Gotschlich Emil C., Mohammed Idris, Nasidi Abdulsalami, Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Bernardino Luis, Maiga Moussa A.   +7 more
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Toll-like receptor 9 polymorphisms are associated with severity variables in a cohort of meningococcal meningitis survivors

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
BackgroundGenetic variation in immune response genes is associated with susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to develop meningococcal meningitis (MM).
M. Sanders, G. T. J. Well, G. T. J. Well, S. Ouburg, S. Morré, S. Morré, A. Furth   +6 more
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THE RELATION OF THE TYPE OF COCCUS TO THE TYPE OF DISEASE IN MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS [PDF]

, 1917
Alex. Mills Kennedy, C. Worster‐Drought   +1 more
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Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: a case-control study in The Gambia.

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between child mortality and common preventive interventions: vaccination, trained birthing attendants, tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding and vitamin A supplementation. METHODS: Case-control study in
Adegbola, Richard A, Dockerty, John D, Herbison, Peter, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Jasseh, Momodou, Jeffries, David J, Mulholland, Kim, Rutherford, Merrin E   +8 more
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A New Sulphonamide (Sulphonamide E.O.S.): Its Pharmacology, Chemotherapy, and Curative Value in Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]

, 1941
N. Mutch
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FULMINATING MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS: RECOVERY FOLLOWING SYSTEMATIC CISTERNAL PUNCTURES AND POLYVALENT SERUM [PDF]

, 1932
J. Ford, G. Shera, James Purves‐Stewart   +2 more
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The epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis: multicenter, hospital-based surveillance of meningococcal meningitis in Iraq. [PDF]

IJID Reg, 2021
Al-Sanouri T, Mahdi S, Khader IA, Mahdi A, Dogu A, Amiche A, Iweir S, Qader M, Belbaisi A, AlHilfi R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source