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Clinical factors associated with septic shock in pediatric invasive meningococcal disease: a retrospective study from two tertiary hospitals in Chile, 2009–2025 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundInvasive meningococcal disease (IMD) remains a primary etiology of bacterial meningitis and a cause of long-term neurological sequelae in children.
Cindy Arteta-Acosta, Maritza Márquez, Rodolfo Villena, María Elena Santolaya   +3 more
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A Case of Fulminant Meningococcemia: It Is All in the Complement [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
Eculizumab is a novel monoclonal antibody that inhibits complement-mediated hemolysis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Complement deficiency is a well-known risk factor for meningococcal infection. We describe a case of a young
Kellie L. Hawkins, Mariah Hoffman, Sonia Okuyama, Sarah E. Rowan   +3 more
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Rapid recovery following fulminant meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 15-year-old Nepalese girl: a case report

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2013
Pratyush Shrestha,1 Nabin K Shrestha,2 Smith Giri31Department of Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal; 2Department of Internal Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Tribhuvan
Shrestha P, Shrestha NK, Giri S
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Meningococcemia aguda [PDF]

Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica, 2007
La Meningococcemia aguda es una infección causada por Neisseria meningitidis, transmitida de persona a persona por secreciones respiratorias. Su pre­ sentación clínica es polimorfa, y la más común es la meningitis aguda.
Ana Maria Villa Escobar, Ana Cristina Ruiz Suárez, Guillermo Jiménez Calfat   +2 more
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Central nervous system Aspergillus quadrilineatus infection in a COVID‐19 patient, a case report and literature review

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 37, Issue 19-20, October 2023., 2023
The first COVID‐19‐associated cerebral aspergillosis was due to Aspergillus quadrilineatus in a pediatric patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. A combination of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B and caspofungin therapy for 8 days, did not improve the patient's condition. The patient gradually continued to deteriorate and expired.
Kazem Amirizad, Mona Ghazanfari, Javad Javidnia, Mahdi Abastabar, Mohammad Taghi Haghi Ashtiani, Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari, Maryam Fathi, Amirreza Espahbodi, Hamid Badali, Mohammad Taghi Hedayati, Iman Haghani, Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi   +11 more
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Neutrophil, neutrophil extracellular traps and endothelial cell dysfunction in sepsis

Clinical and Translational Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
1. Neutrophils show increased lifespan and impaired migration, both of which promote organ damage. 2. Neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) induce pro‐inflammatory and pro‐angiogenic responses in endothelial cells. 3. Neutrophils and NETs degrade glycocalyx and increase endothelial permeability. 4.
Hao Zhang, Yanghanzhao Wang, Mengdi Qu, Wenqian Li, Dan Wu, Juan P. Cata, Changhong Miao   +6 more
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Staphylococcal endocarditis with meningitis and basal ganglia infarcts mimicking meningococcemia

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022., 2022
We present an unusual (interesting) case of staphylococcal endocarditis with meningitis mimicking meningococcemia in a young previously healthy adult who presented with basal ganglia infarct. Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is one of the common causes of infective endocarditis (IE).
Subarna Giri, Bhushan Shrestha, Bikram Prasad Gajurel, Dharmendra Sapkota, Niraj Gautam, Ashish Shrestha   +5 more
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Epidemiology of child mortality and challenges in child death review in Japan

Pediatrics International, Volume 64, Issue 1, January/December 2022., 2022
Abstract We performed a retrospective survey and verification of the medical records of death cases of children (and adolescents; aged <18 years) between 2014 and 2016 in pediatric specialty training facilities in Japan. Of the 2,827 registered cases at 163 facilities, 2,348 cases were included.
Atsushi Numaguchi, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Yasuhiro Aoki, Byongmung An, Ayako Ishikura, Kotaro Ichikawa, Yurie Ito, Yoshiko Uchida, Masakazu Umemoto, Yuichi Ogawa, Toshio Osamura, Masatoshi Obonai, Kazunari Kaneko, Junji Kamizono, Zenro Kizaki, Ayumi Kinoshita, Yachiyo Kurihara, Nakao Konishi, Atsuo Sato, Shoichi Shibano, Masayoshi Senda, Takumi Takizawa, Yosuke Nakabayashi, Yasuhito Nerome, Yuji Murata, Naho Morisaki, Ken Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Kawano, Masao Kobayashi, Akihisa Okumura   +29 more
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Ability of Procalcitonin and C‐Reactive Protein for Discriminating between Bacterial and Enteroviral Meningitis in Children Using Decision Tree

BioMed Research International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a public health burden in developing countries, including Central Asia. This disease is characterized by a high mortality rate and serious neurological complications. Delay with the start of adequate therapy is associated with an increase in mortality for patients with acute bacterial meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid culture,
Dmitriy Babenko, Aliya Seidullayeva, Dinagul Bayesheva, Bayan Turdalina, Baurzhan Omarkulov, Aigul Almabayeva, Marina Zhanaliyeva, Almagul Kushugulova, Samat Kozhakhmetov, Alireza Baghban   +9 more
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Peripheral Gangerene, an Unusual Presentation of Infantile Kawasaki: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Rheumatology, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Introduction. Diagnosing infantile Kawasaki disease with atypical symptoms is difficult, and it also has higher risk of coronary abnormalities which is one of the most common complications of KD. Other complications such as pericardial effusion, mitral insufficiency, congestive heart failure, myocardial systolic dysfunction, and systemic vasculitis ...
Fatemeh Tahghighi, Maryam Bakhtiari Koohsorkhi, Vahid Ziaee, Constantine Saadeh   +3 more
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