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Environmental risk and meningitis epidemics in Africa. [PDF]

, 2003
Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis occur in areas with particular environmental characteristics. We present evidence that the relationship between the environment and the location of these epidemics is quantifiable and propose a model based on ...
Stephen J. Connor, Anna M. Molesworth, Molesworth, Anna M., Connor, Stephen J, Connor, Stephen J., Thomson, Madeleine C., Cuevas, Luis E, Morse, Andrew P., Molesworth, Anna M, Andrew P. Morse, Luis E. Cuevas, Thomson, Madeleine C, Morse, Andrew P, Madeleine C. Thomson, Cuevas, Luis   +14 more
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Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor with high-grade features masquerading as tubercular meningitis—a case report

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (DLGNT) has been recently described in the literature. The complete neuroimaging spectrum and histopathological characteristics of this entity are yet to be elucidated.
Sameer Peer, Vivek Murumkar, Karthik Kulanthaivelu, Chandrajit Prasad, Shilpa Rao, Vani Santosh   +5 more
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Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a leading cause of death for HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Improved treatment strategies are needed if individuals are to benefit from the increasing availability of antiretroviral ...
Martin Dedicoat, Josephine V J Lightowler, Portia Mutevedzi, Lightowler Josephine V. J., Richard J Lessells, Newell, Marie-Louise, Marie-Louise Newell, Lightowler, Josephine VJ, Cooke, Graham S, Cooke Graham S., Mutevedzi Portia, Lessells Richard J., Mutevedzi, Portia, Lessells, Richard J, Dedicoat Martin, Dedicoat, Martin, Graham S Cooke, Newell Marie-Louise   +17 more
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Neoplastic meningitis: metastases to the leptomeninges and cerebrospinal fluid

, 2017
Carcinomatous meningitis or meningeal carcinomatosis is a term that defines leptomeningeal metastases arising as a result of metastases from systemic solid cancers.
Soichiro Shibui, Marc C. Chamberlain, Stephanie E. Combs   +2 more
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Correlation between CSF Glucose Level and Outcome on Adult Patients with Meningitis [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Meningitis is an inflammatory response to infection of leptomeningeal cells and subarachnoid space. The severity of the inflammation could be reflected on the CSF glucose level.
Sari, Pramita
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Early Endoscopic Repair of Traumatic Skull Base Dural Injuries: Challenging the Dogma of Conservative Management

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Traditional management of traumatic skull base dural injury has often favored observation and conservative therapy, despite the risk of delayed intracranial complications. This paradigm originated when operative intervention required craniotomy and carried significant morbidity.
Jessica W. Grayson, Madeline P. Bald, Lauren McLeod, Adam J. Skelton, Nicolaus D. Knight, Do‐Yeon Cho, Justin Turner, Hari Jeyarajan, Kristen O. Riley, Bradford A. Woodworth   +9 more
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Neoplastic meningitis. Diagnosis and individualised therapy

, 2010
Neoplastic meningitis is a diffuse dissemination of tumour cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), leptomeninges, or both. It occurs in approximately 5-10% of malignant diseases, most often in breast cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, and B-cell lymphoma ...
Proemmel, Peter, Strik, Herwig Matthias
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Meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis in Northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2008
Despite improvements in technology, treatments and understanding of how bacterial meningitis develops, the disease remains a potentially life-threatening emergency capable of causing significant morbidity and mortality. N. meningitidis, S.
Forgor, Abdulai Adams
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Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in infectious diseases of the nervous system: when to ask, what to ask, what to expect

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis very frequently makes the difference to the diagnosis, not only in relation to infections but also in other diseases of the nervous system such as inflammatory, demyelinating, neoplastic and degenerative diseases.
Luis dos Ramos Machado, Jose Antonio Livramento, Liliana Scaff Vianna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the (comparative) safety profile of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 using individual case safety reports in VigiBase

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) was used under the WHO emergency use listing for circulating vaccine‐derived polio virus (cVDPV) outbreaks from 2021 to 2023. We assessed nOPV2 adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) and compared its safety profile to other vaccines using VigiBase.
Comfort Kunak Ogar, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Leonardo Roque‐Pereira, Christine Leopold, Patrick C. Souverein, Aukje K. Mantel‐Teeuwisse, Marie L. De Bruin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source