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Recognition of Neisseria meningitidis by the long pentraxin PTX3 and its role as an endogenous adjuvant.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a non-redundant component of the humoral arm of innate immunity. The present study was designed to investigate the interaction of PTX3 with Neisseria meningitidis.
Barbara Bottazzi, Laura Santini, Silvana Savino, Marzia M Giuliani, Ana I Dueñas Díez, Giuseppe Mancuso, Concetta Beninati, Marina Sironi, Sonia Valentino, Livija Deban, Cecilia Garlanda, Giuseppe Teti, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, Alberto Mantovani   +14 more
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Early-onset neonatal sepsis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: case report and literature review of a 102-year period

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
A 36-week-2-day-old male infant was admitted to the neonatal unit with respiratory distress, hypoglycaemia and suspected early onset neonatal sepsis for respiratory support, monitoring and intravenous antibiotics.
Tayyib Mubashar, Paul Christopher Turner, Siba Prosad Paul   +2 more
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Neisseria meningitidis and cytomegalovirus simultaneous detection in the filmarray meningitis/encephalitis panel and its clinical relevance

IDCases, 2019
A BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis test was performed on a 7-month old child suspected for bacterial meningitis. Two pathogens were detected, Neisseria meningitidis and cytomegalovirus (CMV).
Nadav Sorek, Shai Ashkenazi, Gilat Livni, Haim Ben-Zvi   +3 more
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Genome wide expression profiling reveals suppression of host defence responses during colonisation by Neisseria meningitides but not N. lactamica. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Both Neisseria meningitidis and the closely related bacterium Neisseria lactamica colonise human nasopharyngeal mucosal surface, but only N. meningitidis invades the bloodstream to cause potentially life-threatening meningitis and septicaemia.
Hazel En En Wong, Ming-Shi Li, J Simon Kroll, Martin L Hibberd, Paul R Langford   +4 more
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Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
Primary meningococcal meningitis is an infrequent but known disease. However, the infection of a prosthetic joint with Neisseria meningitidis is rare.
Berta Becerril Carral, Elvira Alarcón Manoja, Salvador López Cárdenas, Jesús Canueto Quintero   +3 more
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Identification of the nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis by 16S rRNA Gene sequencing in asymptomatic adolescents and young adults in Cartagena, Colombia (2019–2020).

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, a strictly human pathogen, can cause meningitis, meningococcemia, sepsis, and death; repeatedly it scause outbreaks around the world.
Marlon Macias-Mendoza, Biol. MSc, Alfredo Montes-Robledo, Biol. MSc, Cindy Arteta-Acosta, MD, MPH, PhD (C), Rosa Baldiris-Avila, QF, PhD, Wilfrido Coronell-Rodríguez, MD, pediatric infectious disease, PhD.   +4 more
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Structural and mechanistic basis of capsule O-acetylation in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A

Nature Communications, 2020
Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is a major virulence factor and vaccine formulations against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) contain O-acetylated CPS.
Timm Fiebig, Johannes T. Cramer, Andrea Bethe, Petra Baruch, Ute Curth, Jana I. Führing, Falk F. R. Buettner, Ulrich Vogel, Mario Schubert, Roman Fedorov, Martina Mühlenhoff   +10 more
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A cross-sectional study assessing the pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in subjects aged 1–24 years in the city of Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Meningococcal carriage is a prerequisite for invasive infection. This cross-sectional study assessed the pharyngeal carriage prevalence in healthy subjects aged 1–24 years in Embu das Artes city, São Paulo, Brazil.
Lily Yin Weckx, Rosana Fiorini Puccini, Antónia Machado, Maria Gisele Gonçalves, Suely Tuboi, Eliana de Barros, Raghavendra Devadiga, Eduardo Ortega-Barria, Romulo Colindres   +8 more
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Skin biopsy in adult patients with meningococcal purpura fulminans: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Critical Care, 2023
Background Neisseria meningitidis is the leading responsible bacterium of Purpura Fulminans (PF) accounting for two thirds of PF. Skin biopsy is a simple and minimally invasive exam allowing to perform skin culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to ...
Damien Contou, Gaëtan Béduneau, Charlotte Rabault, Romain Sonneville, Antoine Marchalot, Rémi Coudroy, Damien Roux, Martin Cour, Julien Massol, Sébastien Préau, Nicolas de Prost, The HOPEFUL Study Group   +11 more
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Sulphonamide resistant commensal Neisseria with alterations in the dihydropteroate synthase can be isolated from carriers not exposed to sulphonamides

BMC Microbiology, 2002
Background Development of sulphonamide resistance in Neisseria meningitidis has been suggested to involve horizontal DNA-transfer from a commensal Neisseria species.
Swedberg Göte, Qvarnström Yvonne
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