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Adult meningitis in a setting of high HIV and TB prevalence: findings from 4961 suspected cases. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The presentation and causes of adult meningitis in South Africa have changed substantially as a result of HIV. Knowledge of aetiology and laboratory findings in patients presenting with meningitis are important in guiding management.
Crede Tom, Williams, A, Thomas S Harrison, Meintjes, Graeme, Brown Yolande, Harrison Thomas S, Jarvis, Joseph, Yolande Brown, Tom Crede, Joseph N Jarvis, Jarvis, JN, Meintjes Graeme, Harrison, Thomas, Crede, Tom, Anthony Williams, Jarvis Joseph N, Harrison, Thomas S, Brown, Y, Brown, Yolande, Harrison, TS, Crede, T, Williams, Anthony, Graeme Meintjes, Williams Anthony, Meintjes, G, Jarvis, Joseph N   +25 more
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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Mitchell, Tim J, Mitchell, T.J., Jefferies, J.M.C., Greenhalgh, D., Stuart C. Clarke, David Greenhalgh, Lamb, Karen Elaine, McMenamin, Jim, Robertson, C., Inverarity, D., Greenhalgh, D, Diggle, M, Jim McMenamin, Mathew Diggle, Lamb, K, Clarke, S., Edwards, Giles F S, Jefferies, JMC, Mitchell, T., Lamb, K., Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Clarke, SC, Tim J. Mitchell, Clarke, Stuart C, Clarke, S.C., Edwards, G.F.S., Mitchell, Tim J., Inverarity, D, Diggle, Mathew, Smith, A, Inverarity, Donald, McMenamin, J., Smith, Andrew, Mitchell, TJ, McMenamin, J, Lamb, Karen, Robertson, C, Diggle, M., Greenhalgh, David, Andrew Smith, Donald Inverarity, Edwards, G., Smith, A., Clarke, Stuart C., Jefferies, Johanna M C, Jerreries, J., Chris Robertson, Edwards, Giles F.S., Karen Lamb, Jefferies, Johanna M.C., Robertson, Chris, Giles F. S. Edwards, Edwards, GFS   +52 more
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Pneumococcal meningitis in adults in 2014–2018 after introduction of pediatric 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Japan

Scientific Reports, 2022
We assessed the impact of the pediatric 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal meningitis in adults in Japan in 2014–2018 by comparing epidemiological characteristics of adults with invasive pneumococcal disease with (n = 222 ...
Bin Chang, Kosuke Tamura, Hiroyuki Fujikura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Tanabe, Koji Kuronuma, Jiro Fujita, Kengo Oshima, Takaya Maruyama, Shuichi Abe, Kei Kasahara, Junichiro Nishi, Tetsuya Kubota, Yuki Kinjo, Yusuke Serizawa, Reiko Shimbashi, Munehisa Fukusumi, Tomoe Shimada, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Motoi Suzuki, Kazunori Oishi, the Adult IPD Study Group   +21 more
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Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
Mavuto Mukaka, Gordon, Stephen, French Neil, Molyneux, Malcolm, Stephen B Gordon, Neil French, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, French, Neil, Brigitte Denis, Malcolm Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M, Robert S. Heyderman, Carrol, Enitan D., Elizabeth M Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M., Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Heyderman Robert S., Robert S Heyderman, Dean B Everett, van Oosterhout, Joep J, Everett Dean B., Gordon Stephen B., Carrol, Enitan D, Molyneux Malcolm, Dean B. Everett, Enitan D. Carrol, Gordon, Stephen B, Mukaka Mavuto, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Denis Brigitte, Stephen B. Gordon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Heyderman, Robert S., Everett, Dean B, Heyderman, Robert S, Everett, Dean B., Molyneux Elizabeth M., Carrol Enitan D., Enitan D Carrol   +41 more
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system. [PDF]

, 2012
Routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant reduction in childhood deaths. However, PCVs have been associated with replacement disease with non-vaccine serotypes.
Greenwood, Brian M, Wattiaux Andre, Stephen R C Howie, Effua Usuf, Sambou Sana, Plumb Ian D., Uchendu, Uchendu, Wattiaux, Andre, Maria Deloria Knoll, Howie Stephen R. C., Saha, Debasish, Ian D Plumb, Philip C Hill, Howie, Stephen RC, Ikumapayi Usman N., Mackenzie Grant A., Lee Ellen, Jasseh, Momodou, Greenwood Brian M., Sana Sambou, Debasish Saha, Akinsola, Bolanle, Ellen Lee, Hill, Philip C, Brian M Greenwood, Jasseh Momodou, Adegbola, Richard A, Plumb, Ian D, Hill Philip C., Akinsola Bolanle, Kebba Touray, Uchendu Uchendu, Baldeh Ignatius, Usman N Ikumapayi, Ikumapayi, Usman N, Touray, Kebba, Levine, Orin S, Orin S Levine, Usuf Effua, Lee, Ellen, Ignatius Baldeh, Richard A Adegbola, Bolanle Akinsola, Saha Debasish, Momodou Jasseh, Sambou, Sana, Levine Orin S., Grant A Mackenzie, Knoll, Maria Deloria, Andre Wattiaux, Baldeh, Ignatius, Mackenzie, Grant A, Knoll Maria Deloria, Adegbola Richard A., Touray Kebba, Usuf, Effua   +55 more
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Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae in COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Brazil

Microorganisms
Despite the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a cause of invasive diseases in Brazil. This study provides the distribution of serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for pneumococcal isolates before ...
Samanta C. G. Almeida, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Cássio de Moraes, Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone   +4 more
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Disease Burden of Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Among Under-Fives in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of meningitis, with a case fatality of up to about 50%. Children younger than 5 years are at greater risk for pneumococcal meningitis compared with other populations.
Biying Wang, Wanjing Lin, Chen Qian, Youyi Zhang, Genming Zhao, Weibing Wang, Tao Zhang   +6 more
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Bacterial meningitis: the role of transforming growth factor-Beta in innate immunity and secondary brain damage [PDF]

, 2007
Project 6 of the NCCR 'Neural Plasticity and Repair' focuses on mechanisms of immunity and tissue damage in autoimmune and infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).
Malipiero, U, Malipiero, Ursula, Pfister, W, Fontana, Adriano, Koedel, U, Pfister, Walter, Fontana, A, Koedel, Uwe   +7 more
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Impact of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on laboratory-confirmed pneumococcal meningitis and purulent meningitis among children ˂5 years in Cameroon, 2011-2018.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) entered Cameroon's childhood national immunization programme (NIP) in July 2011 under a 3-dose schedule (6, 10, 14 weeks of age) without any catch-up.
John Njuma Libwea, Mark A Fletcher, Paul Koki Ndombo, Angeline Boula, Nadesh Taku Ashukem, Madeleine Ngo Baleba, Rachel Sandrine Kingue Bebey, Eric Gaston Nkolo Mviena, Jean Tageube, Marie Kobela Mbollo, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Shabir Madhi, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Ali Mohammad, Elizabeth Begier, Joanna Southern, Rohini Beavon, Bradford Gessner   +17 more
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Toxicity in neuronal cells caused by cerebrospinal fluid from pneumococcal and gram-negative meningitis [PDF]

, 1992
To identify neurotoxic factors in meningitis, a neuronal cell line (HN33.1) was exposed to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from rabbits with pneumococcal meningitis or Escherichia coli meningitis or 2 h and 6 h after meningitis was induced by ...
M. G. Tauber, H. Loetscher, Täuber, MG, Sachdeva, M, Lesslauer, W, Kennedy, SL, S. L. Kennedy, W. Lesslauer, M. Sachdeva, Loetscher, H   +9 more
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