Background: Dried blood spots (DBS) have been proposed as potentially tool for detecting invasive bacterial diseases. Methods: We evaluated the use of DBS for S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae detection among children in Mozambique. Blood for DBS and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs were collected from children w...
A meningite bacteriana é uma condição clínica que acarreta risco de vida, requerendo diagnóstico e tratamento precoces. Estima-se que ocorreram 2,8 milhões de casos de meningite em todo o mundo, em 2016 (Colaboradores GBDM Lancet 2018). Até 70% dos pacientes com meningite morrem sem tratamento (Ro...
A meningite bacteriana é uma condição clínica que acarreta risco de vida, requerendo diagnóstico e tratamento precoces. Estima-se que ocorreram 2,8 milhões de casos de meningite em todo o mundo, em 2016 (Colaboradores GBDM Lancet 2018). Até 70% dos pacientes com meningite morrem sem
tratamento (...
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) represents a main cause of childhood mortality. The burden of ABM is seriously underestimated because of the poor performance of culture sampling, the primary method of ABM surveillance in the region. Low quality ce...
Objective: To measure the disease burden and epidemiological characteristics of invasive Haemophilus influenzae in rural Mozambican children. Methods: As part of the clinical management of children admitted to Manhiça District Hospital, blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected between May 20...
