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Meningitis - Neisseria -- United States…

The number of cases in Florida has surpassed the state's 5-year average for meningitis. …

Meningitis -- Italy…

In Italy, serogroup C meningococci of the clonal complex cc11 (MenC/cc11) have caused several outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) during the past 20 years. Between December 2019 and January 2020, an outbreak of six cases of IMD infected with MenC/cc11 was identified in a limited area in the northern part of Italy. All cases presented a severe clinical picture, and two of them were fatal. This report is focused on the microbiological and molecular analysis of meningococcal isolates with the aim to reconstruct the chain of transmission. It further presents the vaccination strategy adopted to control the outbreak. The phylogenetic evaluation demonstrated the close genetic proximity between the strain involved in this outbreak and a strain responsible for a larger epidemic that had occurred in 2015 and 2016 in the Tuscany Region. The rapid identification and characterisation of IMD cases and an extensive vaccination campaign contributed to the successful control of this outbreak caused by a hyperinvasive meningococcal strain.…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Nigeria…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia…

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Meningitis -- South Sudan…

I 2021 blev der anmeldt 86 tilfælde af bakteriel meningitis. Det er lidt flere end året før. Til gengæld var der færre, der døde af sygdommen, end i både 2019 og 2020. Det viser den årlige opgørelse fra Statens Serum Institut.

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Meningitis -- Brazil…

Early diagnosis is crucial for providing the appropriate treatment for meningitis. High-sensitivity and specificity molecular techniques can help distinguish between bacterial and viral etiologies. …

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- United States…

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 January 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the Omicron variant, avian influenza, seasonal influenza, MERS-CoV, meningitis, dengue and chikungunya.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 January 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the Omicron variant, avian influenza, seasonal influenza, MERS-CoV, meningitis, dengue and chikungunya.

This issue of the CDTR covers the period 31 October-6 November 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, acute flaccid paralysis, mass gathering monitoring, Ebola, Influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and meningitis.

Limiting diagnostic procedures did not delay diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, a study suggests. …

WHO has outlined an ambitious plan to reduce cases of meningitis by 50% and deaths by 70% by 2030. …

Meningitis - Neisseria -- DR CongoThe national health authorities, in coordination with WHO, are providing support in responding to this event. The response measures include the following:- The local committee for the management of health emergencies is conducting regular meetings to coordinate response activities at the provincial level as well as in the Banalia health zone;- a reactive vaccination campaign against meningitis, with vaccine containing meningococcal W antigen, is being planned;- continuation of in-depth…

I 2019 blev der registreret 106 tilfælde af bakteriel meningitis. Det var det laveste antal siden årtusindskiftet. Faldet fortsatte i 2020, hvor man fandt 72 tilfælde.

Viral Meningitis -- AustraliaThe Public Health Virology laboratory (PHV), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health have reported the isolation of the rodent-borne arenavirus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), from products of conception tissue taken from a 28-year-old woman, residing in southern Queensland (QLD). The patient miscarried in July 2021 in the setting of a febrile illness with associated headaches. Laboratory diagnostics detected anti-LCMV IgM and IgG antibodies in the patient's serum using…

Meningitis -- DR CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths--a high case fatality ratio of 50% -- have been reported.

Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected _Neisseria meningitidis_ -- one of the most frequent types of bacterial meningitis with the potential to cause large epidemics.

The health authorities have deployed an initial emergency team, and with the…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- New ZealandA 21-year-old student at the University of Canterbury has died after contracting meningococcal disease. Canterbury District Health medical officer of health, Dr Cheryl Brunton, confirmed today [27 Aug 2021] that the student died this week.

She reassured everyone connected to the student and the university that "the chance of anyone catching it is low." Students who are close contacts are on antibiotics, have been notified and are in good health. "I express my sincerest condolences to the…

Japanese Encephalitis -- IndiaThis is regarding the news about 2 children dying with "acute encephalitis syndrome" (AES) in Muzaffarpur, Bihar state, India. The diagnosis of AES includes all acute brain diseases, irrespective of actual cause; it could be encephalitis, encephalopathy, meningitis (bacterial/viral), brain involvement of scrub typhus or dengue and so on. The use of AES as diagnosis means the actual diagnosis is unknown.

Hypoglycemic encephalopathy associated with litchi has strict seasonality--2nd half of…

Not Yet Classified -- Worldwide/UnknownCOVID-19 chemopreventionCintia Cruz, Nicholas J. WhiteIJID 2021;107:31-33

World Meningitis Day and the World Health Organization's roadmap to defeat bacterial meningitis in the COVID-19 pandemic eraTatiana Castro Abreu Pinto, Natalia Silva Costa, Laura Maria Andrade Oliveira.IJID 2021;107:219-20

Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection---------------------------------Clinical--------A follow-up study of respiratory and physical function after discharge in patients with…

Meningitis -- BelgiumAbstract--------"Invasive infection with Lancefield group C streptococci in humans is extremely rare, with the vast majority of clinical isolates belonging to _Streptococcus dysgalactiae_ subsp. _equisimilis_. We report a case of meningoencephalitis in a 69-year-old man caused by _Streptococcus equi_ subsp. _equi_, a microbe that causes strangles in _Equus caballus_ (i.e., the horse). This is only the 4th infection with this subtype of the central nervous system (CNS) reported in humans.

Meningitis - Neisseria -- United KingdomAntimicrobial overuse, human (12): USA (WI) outpt. AB, RTI/resp. virus detections…

Meningitis -- NigeriaOne student (name withheld, has died) was feared dead, while over 30 others were hospitalised from a suspected meningitis that hit Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Sokoto.

Confirming the incident, Sokoto State Director of Public Heath, Dr. Abdulrahaman Dantsoho, said they actually got the information, adding that they admitted, treated and discharged 30 students of the school. He, however, said no student died from their records, except the only lady that was reported dead before…

Meningitis - Neisseria -- ChinaChen M, Harrison OB, Bratcher HB, et al. Evolution of sequence type 4821 clonal complex hyperinvasive and quinolone-resistant meningococci. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr [date cited]. ; DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.203612.

Abstract-------Expansion of quinolone-resistant _Neisseria meningitidis_ clone ChinaCC4821-R1-C/B from sequence type (ST) 4821 clonal complex (CC4821) caused a serogroup shift from serogroup A to serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in China. To determine the…

This report describes a novel, antibiotic-resistant strain of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria that has been detected in the United States.

Der var en mindre stigning i antallet af tilfælde af purulent meningitis i 2018.

De 128 anmeldte tilfælde af purulent meningitis er uændret sammenlignet med 2016.

De 128 anmeldte tilfælde af purulent meningitis er det laveste siden overvågningen begyndte.

Siden 1. oktober 2007 er danske småbørn blevet tilbudt vaccination mod pneumokokinfektion i børnevaccinationsprogrammet. Siden da er der sket et væsentligt fald i alvorlige infektioner som meningitis og blodforgiftning. Faldet ses både hos børn under to år og hos ældre over 65, der også traditionelt er i risikogruppen.

Siden 1. oktober 2007 er danske småbørn blevet tilbudt vaccination mod pneumokokinfektion i børnevaccinationsprogrammet. Siden da er der sket et væsentligt fald i alvorlige infektioner som meningitis og blodforgiftning. Faldet ses både hos børn under to år og hos ældre over 65, der også traditionelt er i risikogruppen.

Antal anmeldte tilfælde af purulent meningitis var med 134 anmeldte tilfælde i 2014 det laveste antal tilfælde siden 1991. Den hyppigste årsag til purulent meningitis er pneumokokker, fulgt af meningokokker. Øvrige årsager er blandt andet Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenzae og andre typer streptokokker end pneumokokker.

Antal anmeldte tilfælde af purulent meningitis var med 167 tilfælde på niveau med de foregående år. Den hyppigste årsag til purulent meningitis er pneumokokker, fulgt af meningokokker. Øvrige årsager er blandt andet Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenza og andre typer streptokokker end pneumokokker.

En ny vaccine, Bexsero®, er godkendt til forebyggelse af infektion med Neisseria meningitidis (meningokokker) af gruppe B.

Tobaksrygning og forekomsten af meningitis forårsaget af meningokokker er på retur i mange lande. En mulig sammenhæng mellem disse tendenser blev undersøgt i et studie, der for nylig er publiceret i tidsskriftet BMJ Open.