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Sequelae following an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Niger in 2022

Idrissa AA, Atti S, Wasaulua RK, Kazadi S, Sani O,  et al.
2025-05-22 • PLOS One
2025-05-22 • PLOS One

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The management of post-meningitis sequelae is a priority in the WHO Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by 2030. Nonetheless, the prevalence of sequelae in ...

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Access to medicines for treating people With cryptococcal meningitis

Burry J, Casas CP, Ford NP
2022-08-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-08-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia with cryptococcal meningitis: first case report from Cambodia

Augusto E, Raguenaud ME, Kim CS, Mony M, Isaakidis P
2009-06-17 • Tropical Doctor
2009-06-17 • Tropical Doctor
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Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Kumbakumba E, Nanjebe D, Mlotshwa P, Nassejje M,  et al.
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of ...

Factors associated with death among meningitis patients during the 2022-2023 epidemic in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Yakum MN, Gignoux E
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

Contribution des diagnostics au points de service dans l’identification de la maladie à VIH avancée

Ditondo P, Luemba A, Chuy RI, Mucinya G, Ade S
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
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Médecins Sans Frontières Belgique a mis en place des diagnostics au point de service (DPS) pour le dépistage précoce d’un VIH avancé, et en présence de celle-ci, d’une TB et...

Sequelae following an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Niger

Idrissa AA, Atti S, Wasaulua RK, Kazadi S, Guindo O,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
MSF supported Niger’s Ministry of Health (MoH) in responding to a serogroup C meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Magaria and Dungass Districts in 2022. WHO’s global ro...

Sequelae following an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Niger

Idrissa AA, Atti S, Wasaulua RK, Kazadi S, Guindo O,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance During an Urban Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007

Rose AMC, Mueller JE, Gerstl S, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Page AL,  et al.
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launchi...

Global practices of meningococcal vaccine use and impact on invasive disease

Ali A, Jafri RZ, Messonnier N, Tevi-Benissan C, Durrheim DN,  et al.
2014-01-01 • Pathogens and Global Health
2014-01-01 • Pathogens and Global Health
A number of countries now include meningococcal vaccines in their routine immunization programs. This review focuses on different approaches to including meningococcal vaccines in countr...

Southern african HIV clinicians society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Mangena PM, Nel J, Potgieter S,  et al.
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine

Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger: observed patterns in comparison with measles

Bharti N, Broutin H, Grais RF, Ferrari MJ, Djibo A,  et al.
2011-10-05 • Epidemiology and Infection
2011-10-05 • Epidemiology and Infection
Throughout the African meningitis belt, meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur only during the dry season. Measles in Niger exhibits similar seasonality, where increased population den...

Field evaluation of two rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A during the 2006 outbreak in Niger

Rose AMC, Gerstl S, Mahamane AE, Sidikou F, Djibo S,  et al.
2009-10-05 • PLOS One
2009-10-05 • PLOS One
The Pastorex((R)) (BioRad) rapid agglutination test is one of the main rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for meningococcal disease currently in use in the "meningitis belt". Earlier evaluati...

Meningococcal serogroup B strain coverage of the multicomponent 4CMenB vaccine with corresponding regional distribution and clinical characteristics in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2007-08 and 2014-15: a qualitative and quantitative assessment

Parikh S, Newbold L, Slater S, Moschioni M, Lucidarme J,  et al.
2017-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2017-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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The UK introduced 4CMenB-a multicomponent vaccine against serogroup B meningococcal disease-into the national infant immunisation programme in September, 2015. The Meningo...
Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for 1 in 5 AIDS-related deaths globally. World Health Organization guidelines strongly recommend a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin B as part o...

Spontaneous nosocomial Proteus mirabilis meningitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected adult patient: a case report

Sood R, Walo C, Burton R, Khalife M, Dicko A,  et al.
2023-02-09 • Journal of Medical Case Reports
2023-02-09 • Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Gram-negative bacillary meningitis remains a rare occurrence, even in patients with human immunodeficiency virus. Current literature only describes anecdotal cases of spon...

High burden of cryptococcal antigenemia and meningitis among patients presenting at an emergency department in Maputo, Mozambique

Deiss R, Loreti C, Gutierrez AG, Filipe E, Tatia M,  et al.
2021-04-26 • PLOS One
2021-04-26 • PLOS One
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Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of HIV-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, however, screening for cryptococcal antigenemia has not been universally impleme...

Time to embrace access programmes for medicines: Lessons from the South African flucytosine access programme

Shroufi A, Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Black JM, Nel J,  et al.
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is estimated to cause 181,000 deaths annually; with the majority occurring in Sub Saharan Africa. Flucytosine is recommended by the World Heal...
We report on a patient with cryptococcal meningitis with CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia and no evidence of HIV infection.

Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries

Loyse A, Burry J, Cohn J, Ford NP, Chiller T,  et al.
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
In 2018, WHO issued guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of HIV-related cryptococcal disease. Two strategies are recommended to reduce the high mortality associated w...

Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

Molloy SF, Chiller T, Greene GS, Burry J, Govender NP,  et al.
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Measles vaccination coverage survey in Moba, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2013: need to adapt routine and mass vaccination campaigns to reach the unreached

Funk A, Uadiale K, Kamau C, Caugant DA, Ango U,  et al.
2014-12-29 • PLoS Currents
2014-12-29 • PLoS Currents
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has committed to eliminate measles by 2020. In 2013, in response to a large outbreak, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a mass vaccination campaig...