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Incidence, Carriage and Case-Carrier Ratios for Meningococcal Meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE, 2015
Background To facilitate the interpretation of meningococcal meningitis epidemiology in the “African meningitis belt”, we aimed at obtaining serogroup-specific pooled estimates of incidence, carriage and case-carrier ratios for meningococcal meningitis ...
T. Koutangni, Halima Boubacar Maïnassara, J. Mueller   +2 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Meningococcal purpura fulminans and severe myocarditis with clinical meningitis but no meningeal inflammation: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundDuring fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms. Meningococcal meningitis, by contrast, usually features clinical meningeal
Mehdi Hage-Sleiman, Nicolas Derre, C. Verdet, G. Pialoux, O. Gaudin, P. Senet, M. Fartoukh, M. Boissan, M. Garnier   +8 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background/Aim. Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal
Dokić Ljubiša, Dulović Olga, Gvozdenović Eleonora, Milošević Branko, Nikolić Svetlana, Pavlović Milorad, Popović Nataša, Stevanović Goran   +7 more
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A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt

PLoS ONE, 2016
The pattern of epidemic meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt may be influenced by the background level of population immunity but this has been measured infrequently.
O. Manigart, C. Trotter, H. Findlow, Abraham Assefa, W. Mihret, Tesfaye Moti Demisse, Biruk Yeshitela, Isaac Osei, A. Hodgson, S. Quaye, S. Sow, Mamadou D. Coulibaly, Kanny Diallo, A. Traoré, J. Collard, Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Oumarou Djermakoye, Ali Elhaji Mahamane, J. Jusot, C. Sokhna, Serge Alavo, S. Doucouré, E. Ba, Mariétou Dieng, A. Diallo, D. Daugla, B. Omotara, D. Chandramohan, M. Hassan-King, M. Nascimento, A. Woukeu, R. Borrow, J. Stuart, B. Greenwood   +33 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Meningococcal meningitis: clinical and laboratorial characteristics, fatality rate and variables associated with in-hospital mortality

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016
Meningococcal meningitis is a public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with meningococcal meningitis, and to identify associated factors with mortality.
Vanessa L Strelow, É. P. Miranda, Karin R Kolbe, J. Framil, A. P. Oliveira, J. Vidal   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Climate Regimes, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
Meningococcal meningitis is a major public health problem that kills thousands annually in Africa, Europe, North, and South America. Occurrence is, however, highest during the dry seasons in Sahel Africa.
O. Oluwole
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Emergence and control of epidemic meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

Pathog Glob Health, 2017
Mohammed I, Iliyasu G, Habib AG.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in an Adult With Meningococcal Meningitis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Fatal Outcome. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Meningococcal meningitis can lead to serious neurological complications such as hydrocephalus directly and contribute to cerebral small vessel disease indirectly, especially in patients with pre‐existing conditions like dilated cardiomyopathy.
Mohamed Y, Mohamed A, Elemam A, Babiker A.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

An overview of the meningococcal disease and impact of the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine [PDF]

Novel Research in Microbiology Journal, 2021
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which are the three membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord; which occurs when the fluid surrounding the meninges becomes infected.
Asmaa Alrobai, Jehan Alrahimi, Sahar El Hadad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source