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Dec 3rd, 2021 - Abnormal enhancement of the pituitary infundibulum in tuberculous meningitis.|2021|Calvão-Pires P,Fernandes M,Granado J,Castelhano L,Caetano A,|

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Currently, data on treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors in children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in Europe are limited. To date, most existing data on TBM originate from adult studies, or studies conducted in low-resource settings. Mult...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - The ability of anti-tuberculosis drugs to cross the blood brain barrier and reach the central nervous system (CNS) is critical to their effectiveness in treating tuberculosis meningitis (TBM). We sought to fill a critical knowledge gap by providin...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Meningitis is a serious clinical health issue in most developing countries. Late diagnosis and treatment result in significant morbidity and mortality. This research aims to study the utility of CSF lactate, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and adenos...

Dec 1st, 2021 - To report the status and outcomes of cochlear implantation in Thailand. Cohort study. Tertiary care and university hospitals. Patients who underwent cochlear implant surgery in Thailand. This project collected data from all government and universi...

Jul 26th, 2017 - Intraamniotic infection, also known as chorioamnionitis, is an infection with resultant inflammation of any combination of the amniotic fluid, placenta, fetus, fetal membranes, or decidua. Intraamniotic infection is a common condition noted among ...

Jul 26th, 2017 - Intraamniotic infection, also known as chorioamnionitis, is an infection with resultant inflammation of any combination of the amniotic fluid, placenta, fetus, fetal membranes, or decidua. Intraamniotic infection is a common condition noted among ...

Feb 5th, 2016 - Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal sepsis are rare conditions with high case fatality rates. Early recognition and prompt treatment saves lives. In 1999 the British Infection Society produced a consensus statement for the management of immunoc...

Nov 21st, 2014 - Listeriosis is predominantly a foodborne illness, with sporadic and outbreak-related cases tied to consumption of food contaminated with listeria (Listeria monocytogenes). The incidence of listeriosis associated with pregnancy is approximately 13 ...

Nov 29th, 2011 - In the 1980s the outcome of patients with herpes simplex encephalitis was shown to be dramatically improved with aciclovir treatment. Delays in starting treatment, particularly beyond 48 h after hospital admission, are associated with a worse prog...

Nov 4th, 2021 - CM is the most common central nervous system (CNS) complication of AIDS worldwide and accounts for up to a third of all deaths from AIDS in many developing countries. Current treatments for CM are lacking in both effectiveness and accessibility, p...

Nov 3rd, 2021 - In the United States, youth 2 to 24 years of age are at high risk for bacterial meningitis infection. Despite antibiotic treatment, the mortality rate for meningitis and sepsis can reach as high as 53% caused by Neisseria meningitidis. This rate c...

Oct 29th, 2021 - Spontaneous aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs annually in approximately 400 people in Denmark. SAH is most commonly seen in younger (median age 56 years) and women (71%), have a high mortality (21-44%) and result in a poor neurological...

Oct 26th, 2021 - Meningococcal meningitis, caused by invasive strains of Neisseria meningitidis, is a major public health concern because of its considerable morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Case fatality during meningococcal meningitis epidemics can...

Oct 26th, 2021 - The outcomes of interest (AESI, other AE leading to hospitalisation or death, and meningitis) as well as data on malaria morbidity and mortality will be captured through active and enhanced hospitalisation surveillance in children less than (<) 5 ...

Nov 12th, 2021 - NEW ORLEANS — Intraorbital frontal nerve resection appears effective for some patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia where the ophthalmic division (V1) is involved, researchers say. The procedure offers long-term relief in a condition where...

Nov 9th, 2021 - The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the selective AXL inhibitor bemcentinib (BGB324) in combination with a PD-1/PD-L1 agent in the treatment of patients with STK11-altered advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) witho...

Nov 4th, 2021 - A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is calling on researchers, vaccine developers and funders to accelerate development of an effective vaccine against group B Streptoc...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Most children with simple febrile seizures (SFSs) can be safely managed without lumbar puncture or other diagnostic tests without risking delayed diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, new data gathered from a 15-year span suggest. Vidya R. Raghavan, ...

Oct 11th, 2021 - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — West Nile virus infections and deaths are both up in Colorado from last year, and there have been more cases so far than at any point since 2016, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and En...