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Meningitis in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit for severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

Annals of Intensive Care, 2023
Background Although it has been reported that patients with pneumococcal pneumonia may develop meningitis, lumbar puncture is not systematically recommended in these patients, even in patients with associated bacteremia or invasive pneumococcal disease ...
Paul Jaubert, Julien Charpentier, Sarah Benghanem, Alain Cariou, Frédéric Pène, Jean-Paul Mira, Mathieu Jozwiak   +6 more
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A case of pneumococcal meningitis in infant resulting in unmanageable brain edema with dislocation of the brain stem

Медицинский совет, 2017
The article tells about the most common bacterial infection in the world - pneumococcal disease, in particular, pneumococcal meningitis, which is the second most common purulent meningitis and the most common cause of mortality and severe neurological ...
E. V. Melekhina, E. N. Velikanova, V. I. Barykin, I. S. Korolyova, A. V. Gorelov   +4 more
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Acute pneumococcal myelitis in an adult patient

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2014
Pneumococcal meningitis represents the most severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The disease is frequently associated with various complications.
Klaudija Višković, Matej Mustapić, Marko Kutleša, Dragan Lepur   +3 more
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Pneumococcal meningitis in Iran: a systematic review and meta–analysis

Journal of Acute Disease, 2019
Objective: To estimate the frequency of pneumococcal meningitis among patients with bacterial meningitis in Iran. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scientific Information Database (www.sid.ir) were searched from 2000 to 2016 to identify studies
Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Ahmad Reza Shamshiri, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Daniel M Weinberger, Masoud Dadashi, Abdollah Karimi   +5 more
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Burden of pneumococcal disease in children in Cuba before the introduction of a novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2019
# Background The Cuban heptavalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine will be introduced for children beginning in 2020. We estimated the burden of pneumococcal cases and deaths in children 1-59 months in 2015.
Nivaldo Linares-Pérez, Brian Wahl, Misladys Rodriguez, Gilda Toraño, María E. Toledo-Romaní   +4 more
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Retrospective database analysis for clinical diagnoses commonly associated with pneumococcal diseases in the Malaysian healthcare system over a 3-year period (2013–2015)

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of morbidity and mortality across all ages, particularly in younger children and older adults. Here, we describe pneumococcal disease hospitalizations at Ministry of
Saravanan S. R. Sundaramurthy, Kristen E. Allen, Mark A. Fletcher, Kok Fui Liew, Boekhtiar Borhanuddin, Mohammad Ali, Graciela Morales, Bradford Gessner, Jerusha Naidoo, Jo Southern   +9 more
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Variation of 46 Innate Immune Genes Evaluated for their Contribution in Pneumococcal Meningitis Susceptibility and Outcome

EBioMedicine, 2016
Pneumococcal meningitis is the most common and severe form of bacterial meningitis. Early recognition of the pathogen and subsequent innate immune response play a vital role in disease susceptibility and outcome. Genetic variations in innate immune genes
Bart Ferwerda, Mercedes Valls Serón, Aldo Jongejan, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Madelijn Geldhoff, Arie van der Ende, Frank Baas, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek   +8 more
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Burden of Pneumococcal Disease in Northern Togo before the Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundS. pneumoniae is a leading cause of meningitis morbidity and mortality in the African meningitis belt, but little is known of its contribution to the burden of pneumonia in the region.
Jennifer C Moïsi, Makawa-Sy Makawa, Haoua Tall, Kodjo Agbenoko, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Stanislas Tamekloe, Moussa Amidou, Judith E Mueller, Bradford D Gessner   +8 more
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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly recognized pneumococcal infection threat. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of meningitis in countries where pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) targeting commonly occurring serotypes are not routinely used.
Samir K Saha, Hassan M Al Emran, Belal Hossain, Gary L Darmstadt, Senjuti Saha, Maksuda Islam, Atique I Chowdhury, Dona Foster, Aliya Naheed, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah H Baqui, Shamim A Qazi, Stephen P Luby, Robert F Breiman, Mathuram Santosham, Robert E Black, Derrick W Crook, Pneumococcal Study Group   +17 more
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Rare but not forgotten: A case of meningitis due to ceftriaxone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

IDCases, 2018
Despite the dramatic decrease in invasive pneumococcal disease since the widespread use of the first pneumococcal vaccine, invasive and resistant disease still occurs.
Naomi Hauser, Miguel E. Cervera-Hernandez, John Lonks, Najam Zaidi   +3 more
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