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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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Surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in 30 EU countries: Towards a European system?

, 2010
In this era of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), we described and compared surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and PCV policies in 30 European countries to provide guidance for Europe-wide surveillance.
Perrocheau, Anne, Celentano, Lucia Pastore, Stuart, James, de Greeffk, Sabine C, Kissling E, Lévy-Bruhl, Daniel, ECDC Country Experts for Pneumococcal Disease, Celentano LP, de Greeff, Sabine C, Tarragó, David, Stefanoff P, Amato-Gauci A, Kriz, Paula, Heuberger, Sigrid, Amato-Gauci, Andrew, Bruhl DL, Tarragó D, de Greef SC, Kriz P, Hanquet G, Kissling, Esther, ECDC country experts for pneumococcal disease, incl., Vergison A, Hanquet, Germaine, Stefanoff, Pawel, Heuberger S, Vergison, Anne, Bruhl, Daniel Levy, Perrocheau A, de Greeff, Sabine C., Stuart J, Mühlemann, Kathrin   +31 more
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Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal epidemiology varies geographically and few data are available from the African continent. We assess pneumococcal carriage from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) before and after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
Bottomley, Christian, Andrew Hall, Richard A. Adegbola (20657), Hall, Andrew, Hall Andrew, Effua Usuf (334925), Effua Usuf, Christian Bottomley, Adegbola Richard A., Bottomley Christian, Adegbola, Richard A, Usuf, Effua, Usuf Effua, Andrew Hall (223292), Richard A Adegbola, Christian Bottomley (144483)   +15 more
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Novel and preclinical treatment strategies in pneumococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2018
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pneumococcal meningitis is the most frequent form of bacterial meningitis in Europe and the United States. Although early antimicrobial and adjuvant therapy with dexamethasone have helped to improve disease outcome in adults ...
Grandgirard, Denis, Uwe Koedel, Leib, Stephen, Jan P. Bewersdorf, Bewersdorf, Jan P, Denis Grandgirard, Stephen L. Leib, Koedel, Uwe   +7 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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A Prospective Longitudinal Study of the Clinical Outcomes from Cryptococcal Meningitis following Treatment Induction with 800 mg Oral Fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common neurological infection in HIV infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa, where gold standard treatment with intravenous amphotericin B and 5 flucytosine is often unavailable or difficult to ...
Mavuto Mukaka, Rothe, Camilla, Feasey, NA, Tom Harrison, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, Lalloo David G., Goodson, P, Rothe, C, Jean Chikafa, Sloan, DJ, Goodson, Patrick, Nicholas A Feasey, Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Lalloo, DG, Allain, T, Heyderman Robert S., Camilla Rothe, Harrison, T, Sloan Derek J., Harrison, Tom, Harrison Tom, Sloan, Derek J., Allain Theresa, Mukaka, M, Lalloo, David G., Theresa Allain, Goodson Patrick, Denis, B, van Oosterhout, JJ, Chikafa, Jean, Derek J Sloan, David G Lalloo, Chikafa, J, Patrick Goodson, Brigitte Denis, Rothe Camilla, Robert S Heyderman, Feasey Nicholas A., Chikafa Jean, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Mukaka Mavuto, Allain, Theresa, Feasey, Nick; id_orcid, Heyderman, RS, Feasey, Nicholas A., Denis Brigitte, Lalloo, David; id_orcid, Heyderman, Robert S.   +49 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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A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading and serious coinfection in adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, particularly in Africa.
Zijlstra, EE, Molyneux, Malcolm E, White, Sarah A., Mwaiponya, Martin, Mwalukomo, Thandie, Gordon, Stephen, Zijlstra, Eduard E, Longwe, Herbert, French, N, Mwalukomo, T, White, SA, French, Neil, Gordon, SB, Mwaiponya, M, Gilks, CF, Gilks, Charles F, Mwafulirwa, Gershom, Molyneux, Malcolm E., Mwafulirwa, G, Molyneux, ME, Gordon, Stephen B., Gordon, Stephen B, White, Sarah; id_orcid, Longwe, H, Gilks, Charles F., White, Sarah A, Zijlstra, Eduard E.   +26 more
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A CASE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1908
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Parental Socio‐Economic Factors and the Risk of Invasive Bacterial Infections in Children: A Register‐Based Finnish Study

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 7, Page 1487-1495, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Little is known about how socio‐economic factors influence severe childhood bacterial infections. We explored whether parental socio‐economic status correlates with the risk of invasive bacterial infections in the offspring. Methods Data on children < 16 years with community‐acquired blood or cerebrospinal fluid culture–positive bacterial ...
Kyrönlahti Anniina, Hermunen Teemu, Nieminen Tea, Koivisto Karoliina, Rantanen Matti, Saxén Harri, Madanat‐Harjuoja Laura   +6 more
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