Results: 72

Immunoadsorption therapy for a meningococcemia patient with myocarditis, adrenal hemorrhage, and purpura fulminans: a case report

Braz. J. Anesth. (Impr.); 72 (6), 2022
Abstract Neisseria meningitidis, also known as meningococcus, is a relatively uncommon cause of invasive infection, but when it occurs, it is frequently severe and potentially life-threatening. A ten-year-old female patient developed a purpuric rash with fever. Upon arrival to the pediatric intensive car...

Aislamiento de Neisseria meningitidis en muestra anorectal en hombre que tiene sexo con hombre con uretritis y sifilis primaria

Rev. chil. infectol; 39 (3), 2022
Resumen Neisseria meningitidis es una bacteria gramnegativa asociada frecuentemente a enfermedades invasoras de elevada mortalidad. Si bien su reservorio natural es la nasofaringe humana, en los últimos años han aumentado los aislamientos de este agente en la mucosa anorectal, principalmente en hombres...

Vacunas no sistemáticas

Arch. pediatr. Urug; 92 (nspe1), 2021

Experimental studies using OMV in a new platform of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Although COVID-19 vaccines have recently been approved for emergency use, search for new vaccines are still urgent, since the access of the countries, especially the poorest, to the vaccines, has shown to be slower than the necessary to rapidly control the pandemic. We proposed a novel platform for vacci...

Trajectory of serogroups causing Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Santa Catarina state, Brazil (2007-2019)

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (4), 2020
Abstract The aim of this study was to compare the trajectory of serogroups causing Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in the Santa Catarina (SC) state with those of whole Brazil. A retrospective analysis of all IMD cases reported from January 2007 to December 2019 was carried out. During the study peri...

Impacto do uso da reação em cadeia da polimerase para o diagnóstico de meningite bacteriana em substituição a contraimunoeletroforese

Introdução: a meningite bacteriana é um grave problema de Saúde Pública mundial, tendo como principais agentes: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae e Haemophilus influenzae. A metodologia de diagnóstico empregada no Instituto Adolfo Lutz – Centro de Laboratório Regional Santo André...

Increased incidence of Neisseria meningitidis infections in Nuevo León, Mexico

Salud pública Méx; 62 (2), 2020