Showing Results for
- Academic Journals (1,583)
Search Results
- 1,583
Academic Journals
- 1,583
-
From:Southern Medical Journal (Vol. 97, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe studied the clinical and epidemiologic profiles and prevalence of meningitis in two community hospitals to determine whether presentations were different. We also recorded inpatient HIV prevalence, and tried to...
-
From:JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants (Vol. 22, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedClinical question Are biologic markers such as procalcitonin helpful in distinguishing bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis in children? Bottom line In this study--with biases that tend to inflate the estimates...
-
From:The PractitionerPeer-Reviewed* What effects will the development of ambulatory care have on paediatric admissions? * What are the new childhood vaccines for meningococcal disease and pneumococcal infections? * How significant a problem is...
-
From:Clinician Reviews (Vol. 9, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedGram's staining of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sometimes fails to reveal bacteria in cases of bacterial meningitis. But in these cases, elevated serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) may indicate that the meningitis is...
-
From:Intensive Care Medicine (Vol. 31, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed
-
From:MedSurg Nursing (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMeningitis is a bacterial or viral inflammation of the meninges. Three thousand cases are reported each year with a mortality rate of 5% to 40%. Socioeconomic factors play a role in meningitis and may affect the speed...
-
From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 18, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedLymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) was detected in 2 patients with acute meningitis in southern Spain within a 3-year period. Although the prevalence of LCMV infection was low (2 [1.3%] of 159 meningitis...
-
From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 50, Issue 24)Byline: ELIZABETH F. FARRELL One morning six years ago, Ryan N. Pike, a sophomore at Indiana University at Bloomington, woke up with a headache and slight nausea. After attending his morning class, he dragged himself...
-
From:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology (Vol. 18, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Mahmood. Dhahir Al-Mendalawi Sir, In their interesting study, Mehta et al. stated that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cortisol levels were significantly higher in the bacterial meningitis (BM) group as compared...
-
From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Meningitis is a medical emergency with permanent disabilities and high mortality worldwide. We aimed to determine causative microorganisms and potential markers for differentiation between bacterial and...
-
From:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (Vol. 9, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Bianca Woehrl 1 , Matthias Klein 1 , Denis Grandgirard 2 , Uwe Koedel 1 , Stephen Leib [[dagger]] 3 Keywords : complement; daptomycin; dexamethasone; matrix metalloproteinases; rifampicin;...
-
From:Consultant (Vol. 44, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA 23-year-old man presents to the emergency department with fever, headache, and photophobia. His illness began 5 days earlier with malaise, followed by fever, prostration, nausea, and vomiting. After 3 days, a severe...
-
From:Future Microbiology (Vol. 6, Issue 10)Author(s): Muhamed-Kheir Taha [[dagger]] 2 , Ala-Eddine Deghmane 1 Keywords * antibiotic infusion; bacterial meningitis; paracetamol Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a severe infection that is associated...
-
From:Pediatric Nursing (Vol. 29, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMeningitis is defined as inflammation of the meninges, the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord. To understand prevention, one must understand the different causes of meningitis, of which there are many....
-
From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 325, Issue 7364) Peer-ReviewedIn recent months, the Australian media have bombarded their audiences with distressing stories and images of babies and young children who have died or been disfigured by meningococcal disease. Not surprisingly, this...
-
From:Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Vol. 28, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Punit. Sharma, Ajiv. Mishra, Geetanjali. Arora, Madhavi. Tripathi, Chandrasekhar. Bal, Rakesh. Kumar Subdural hygroma is the collection of cerebrospinal fluid in the subdural space. Most often these resolve...
-
From:Future Virology (Vol. 8, Issue 9)Author(s): Richard Ssekitoleko [*] 3 , Moses R Kamya 2 , Arthur L Reingold 1 Keywords * advanced HIV infection; all-cause mortality; cryptococcal meningitis; fluconazole; itraconazole; prevention of...
-
From:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice (Vol. 4, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Aliasgar. Moiyadi, Prakash. Shetty, Sanjay. Biswas Sir, Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is being increasingly recognized as an important cause of multi-drug-resistant nosocomial infections. [sup][1] In...
-
From:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: N. Sundarachary, A. Sridhar Dear Sir, The science of medicine has developed by leaps and bounds over the years. However, the best intentions of physicians and the most well planned decisions may not do...
-
From:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Pfizer subsidiary Wyeth Pharmaceuticals approval of its Trumenba vaccine for the prevention of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in...