ALLMedicine™ Meningococcemia Center
Research & Reviews 135 results
https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001017
Retinal Cases & Brief Reports; Keilani C, Delbarre M et. al.
Jun 22nd, 2020 - To report a case of the surgical management of vitreoretinal complications during disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) secondary to meningococcemia. Case report. A 25-year-old man presented with loss of vision due to retinal and vitreous h...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7746255
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics; Bozan G, Kilic O et. al.
May 13th, 2020 - We present a 9-month old boy with cystinosis admitted to our hospital with the complaints of vomiting, diarrhea and seizure. While he was hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit due to worsening of his signs related to cystinosis, within h...
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002608
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; Polat M, Parlakay AÖ
Apr 17th, 2020 - Meningococcemia Due to Nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis in a Splenectomized Child.|2020|Polat M,Parlakay AÖ,|
https://doi.org/10.1177/0145561320920432
Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal; Kendirli T, Gün E et. al.
Apr 15th, 2020 - Purpuric Epiglottic Lesion in Purpura Fulminans Form of Meningococcemia.|2020|Kendirli T,Gün E,Özdemir H,İnce E,|
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2019.12.005
Critical Care Clinics; Boeddha NP, Bycroft T et. al.
Mar 16th, 2020 - Meningococcemia is notorious for evasion of the host immune system and its rapid progression to fulminant disease, and serves as a unique model for pediatric sepsis. Illness severity is determined by complex interplays among host, pathogen, and en...
Guidelines 1 results
https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/clinicians/evd/clinicians.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
EVD can be confused with other more common infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, meningococcemia, and other bacterial infections. Follow CDC’s PPE guidance for confirmed Ebola patients.
Clinicaltrials.gov 145 results
https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001017
Retinal Cases & Brief Reports; Keilani C, Delbarre M et. al.
Jun 22nd, 2020 - To report a case of the surgical management of vitreoretinal complications during disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) secondary to meningococcemia. Case report. A 25-year-old man presented with loss of vision due to retinal and vitreous h...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7746255
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics; Bozan G, Kilic O et. al.
May 13th, 2020 - We present a 9-month old boy with cystinosis admitted to our hospital with the complaints of vomiting, diarrhea and seizure. While he was hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit due to worsening of his signs related to cystinosis, within h...
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002608
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; Polat M, Parlakay AÖ
Apr 17th, 2020 - Meningococcemia Due to Nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis in a Splenectomized Child.|2020|Polat M,Parlakay AÖ,|
https://doi.org/10.1177/0145561320920432
Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal; Kendirli T, Gün E et. al.
Apr 15th, 2020 - Purpuric Epiglottic Lesion in Purpura Fulminans Form of Meningococcemia.|2020|Kendirli T,Gün E,Özdemir H,İnce E,|
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2019.12.005
Critical Care Clinics; Boeddha NP, Bycroft T et. al.
Mar 16th, 2020 - Meningococcemia is notorious for evasion of the host immune system and its rapid progression to fulminant disease, and serves as a unique model for pediatric sepsis. Illness severity is determined by complex interplays among host, pathogen, and en...
News 9 results
https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/105079/infectious-diseases/purpura-fulminans-setting-escherichia-coli-septicemia/page/0/1
Dec 10th, 2015 - Human activated protein C concentrate (and its precursor, protein C concentrate) replacement therapy has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with meningococcemia-associated–purpura fulminans and severe sepsis, respectively. 8 Heparin may be.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-health-oregon/meningococcemia-outbreak-sickens-three-at-the-university-of-oregon-idUSKBN0LF02820150211
Feb 10th, 2015
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/1786
Sep 22nd, 2005 - Action Points Be aware that methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be a causative organism in children with the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, which is normally associated with fulminant meningococcemia. CHI...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575801_7
Cortisone Treatment of Clinical Shock During the early 1950s, with frequent clinical and necropsy evidence for adrenal insufficiency associated with meningococcemia, children with evidence of circulatory collapse in shock were being routinely trea...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542804
Summary and Comment The effectiveness of antibiotic treatment before hospital admission remains uncertain. Meningococcemia remains a disease that is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite improved antibiotics and supportive care. Mos...
