Pneumococcal Meningitis. [PDF]
J Belg Soc Radiol, 2022 Teaching Point: Spontaneous, atraumatic pneumocephalus is a rare presentation of pneumococcal meningitis.
Di Dier K, Lemmerling M.
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Trends in Pneumococcal and Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil from 2007 to 2019
Vaccines, 2023 The pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) was introduced into the Brazilian Childhood National Immunization Program in 2010; however, universal pneumococcal vaccination for older adults has not been implemented yet.
Cintia Irène Parellada +2 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of meningitis in children. In Japan, since the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), the number of pneumococcal meningitis due to non-PCV13 serotypes in children has ...
Erika Kurihara +2 more
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Epidemiology of pneumococcal meningitis in sentinel hospital surveillance of Viet Nam, 2015–2018 [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae), and Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) are leading causes of childhood bacterial meningitis and preventable by vaccines.
Dac Trung Nguyen +20 more
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Long-Term Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on the Burden of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Mozambique, 2013–2023 [PDF]
VaccinesBackground: Mozambique introduced the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) in 2013 using a three-dose primary series with no booster dose (3p+0) and later switched to the PCV13 using a schedule of two primary doses with one booster (2p+1). We
Aquino Albino Nhantumbo +16 more
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Progranulin Plays a Protective Role in Pneumococcal Meningitis by Inhibiting Pyroptosis [PDF]
Immunity, Inflammation and DiseaseObjective Pneumococcal meningitis is a serious infectious disease with a high mortality rate and a global presence, and survivors have different degrees of neurological sequelae as a consequence of the host response to the infection.
Jingyao Wang +9 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017 This is a retrospective study to evaluate epidemiology and etiologies of childhood meningitis in Kuwait after the routine introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The data was collected from 196 patients in the period of 2010–2014.
Hussain Sadeq, Entesar H Husain
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Effect of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on trends of pneumococcal meningitis in children under five years, Uganda, 2003–2022 [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Pneumococcal meningitis, a vaccine-preventable disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) is the leading bacterial meningitis in under five children.
Yasiini Nuwamanya +10 more
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Combining antibiotic with anti-TLR2/TLR13 therapy prevents brain pathology in pneumococcal meningitis [PDF]
JCI InsightDespite effective antibiotic therapy, brain-destructive inflammation often cannot be avoided in pneumococcal meningitis. The causative signals are mediated predominantly through TLR-recruited myeloid differentiation primary response adaptor 88 (MyD88 ...
Susanne Dyckhoff-Shen +11 more
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Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults; a modelling study
Nature Communications, 2023 Vaccination against invasive pneumococcal disease is recommended for older adults but the optimal age group to target has not been determined and may vary by epidemiological setting.
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