• This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intravenous antibiotic administration before lumbar puncture on cerebrospinal fluid profiles in children with bacterial meningitis. (nepjol.info)
  • A total of 114 children were included in this study among which 49(43%) children had received intravenous antibiotics before lumbar puncture. (nepjol.info)
  • If the provider thinks meningitis is possible, a lumbar puncture ( spinal tap ) will likely be done to obtain a sample of spinal fluid for testing. (medlineplus.gov)
  • To diagnose meningitis, your child will need a lumbar puncture (see our fact sheet Lumbar puncture ). (rch.org.au)
  • If the doctor thinks it might be meningitis, they'll likely order a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to collect a sample of spinal fluid. (kidshealth.org)
  • If the provider thinks you have meningitis, a lumbar puncture ( spinal tap ) should be done to remove a sample of spinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) for testing. (medlineplus.gov)
  • 30 days old who presented to the emergency department with a temperature of at least 100.4°F. They collected data on all children with a UTI who also had a lumbar puncture . (medscape.com)
  • To that caution, I would add another: Not every child seen at the hospital with a UTI underwent lumbar puncture. (medscape.com)
  • This should bias toward overestimating the frequency of acute bacterial meningitis in these patients, because children who were more ill-appearing were more likely to have undergone lumbar puncture. (medscape.com)
  • 5 years underwent lumbar puncture for suspected acute bacterial meningitis. (who.int)
  • Until the early twentieth century the prognosis for patients with acute bacterial meningitis was dismal. (bmj.com)
  • To determine the frequency of concomitant acute bacterial meningitis in neonates with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), a recent study [ 1 ] reviewed outcomes for children evaluated from 2005 through 2013 at Texas Children's Hospital. (medscape.com)
  • Two definitions of acute bacterial meningitis were applied. (medscape.com)
  • Children with any bacterial growth on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture had "definite" acute bacterial meningitis. (medscape.com)
  • In the study cohort, no infant met the criteria for acute bacterial meningitis, and 0.8% met the criteria for probable meningitis: one with a CSF white blood cell count of 25 cells/µL and the other with 183 cells/µL. (medscape.com)
  • The authors conclude that their study suggests that acute bacterial meningitis is uncommon among infants with a febrile UTI. (medscape.com)
  • The study authors emphasize one of the bigger limitations of their study-the fact that the diagnosis of meningitis was so rare that with only approximately 200 infants in the study, it was difficult to develop a predictive model for who might have acute bacterial meningitis. (medscape.com)
  • Introduction: Acute Bacterial meningitis is still a major cause of death in under-five children. (bvsalud.org)
  • Bacterial pneumonia as an influenza complication. (medscape.com)
  • In adults, pneumococcal pneumonia is the most common type of pneumococcal disease, and pneumococcus is the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia that results in hospitalization ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The dangerous infections include the lung infection pneumonia, the whole-body immune reaction sepsis and the nervous-system infection meningitis . (livescience.com)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, acute otitis media, and other infections (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The central nervous system (CNS) is extremely resistant to infection by bacterial pathogens due to a combination of protective effects of its bony structures (skull and vertebral column), the meninges, and the blood-brain barrier. (medscape.com)
  • The deficiency of immunologic components in the CNS is crucial, as specific antibody and complement components are essential for opsonization of encapsulated bacterial pathogens and their efficient phagocytosis and elimination. (medscape.com)
  • In the United States, the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis has changed dramatically in the last few decades, primarily due to the introduction of vaccination against common meningeal pathogens. (medscape.com)
  • This overview aims to describe the main patterns of meningitis disease cases and pathogens from 1928 to 2018 in Africa with a special focus on disease conditions "out-of-the-belt" area that is still usually unexplored. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Nosocomial Pathogens and Laboratories Br, Hospital Infections Program, Childhood and Respiratory Diseases Br, Div of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • Meningitis can be caused by many different pathogens, but the highest global burden is seen with bacterial meningitis. (who.int)
  • Meningitis can be caused by many different pathogens which include bacteria, viruses, and fungi, but the highest global burden stems from bacterial meningitis. (who.int)
  • Molecular detection of gastrointestinal pathogens among children under 5 years old with diarrhea in a hospital center for rotavirus sentinel surveillance in Chile]. (bvsalud.org)
  • Despite advances in diagnostic techniques and therapeutic interventions, the combination of the bacterial virulence and the patient's immunostatus contributes to the high morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections of the CNS. (medscape.com)
  • Bacterial infections can involve different compartments of the CNS, leading to different clinical and pathologic manifestations. (medscape.com)
  • Research shows that over 70% of these infections occur in children under the age of five. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Meningitis is usually caused by either bacterial or viral infections. (rch.org.au)
  • There are many viral and bacterial infections that can cause meningitis, and sometimes meningitis happens because of a complication from another illness such as measles or chickenpox. (rch.org.au)
  • Gilsdorf's research focused primarily on increasing our understanding of the epidemiology, molecular genetics, and pathogenicity of the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, which causes both middle ear infections and severe systemic infections including meningitis in children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Both kinds of meningitis spread to other people like most other common infections do - someone who's infected touches, kisses, or coughs or sneezes on someone who isn't infected. (kidshealth.org)
  • notes Dr. Muhamed-Kheir Taha, an Institut Pasteur researcher who leads the Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit and the National Reference Center (CNR) for Meningococci and Haemophilus influenzae . (pasteur.fr)
  • The most common causes of meningitis are viral infections. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But, bacterial meningitis infections are very serious. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific. (livescience.com)
  • There's rising resistance to antibiotics among bacteria that cause dangerous infections in children and babies. (livescience.com)
  • Drugs used to treat serious bacterial infections in children and newborns may be losing their effectiveness in many countries due to "alarmingly high" rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a new study finds. (livescience.com)
  • It revealed that many antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to treat life-threatening bacterial infections in children are less than 50% effective against the microbes that most commonly cause these illnesses. (livescience.com)
  • We urgently need new solutions to stop invasive multidrug-resistant infections and the needless deaths of thousands of children each year," she said. (livescience.com)
  • Elizabeth Briere] Haemophilus influenza, or Hi, are bacteria that can cause a variety of infections in children and adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Wilder Jackson's illness came as the country is facing a surge kids being hospitalized due to viral infections. (today.com)
  • Jackson was relieved when tests came back negative for cancer and bacterial infections. (today.com)
  • Viral infections often trigger this in children, but it usually goes away within 6 months. (akronchildrens.org)
  • Past evidence has suggested that febrile children with viral infections are at lower risk for serious bacterial infection (SBI). (medscape.com)
  • SBI was defined as the presence of bacterial meningitis , bacteremia , urinary tract infection (UTI), or any combination of these three infections. (medscape.com)
  • The authors concluded that febrile infants aged 0-60 days with viral infections have lower rates of SBI, but the risk for bacteremia or meningitis may be in the 1% range. (medscape.com)
  • Testing all children for both infections would give an accurate population-based estimate of concomitant UTI and CSF infection. (medscape.com)
  • Beyond the neonatal period, most children with Listeria infections have an underlying immunodeficiency or are immunocompromised. (medscape.com)
  • Older children with Listeria infections frequently develop meningitis. (medscape.com)
  • Postnatal infections usually occur in immunocompromised children and are less common than neonatal infections. (medscape.com)
  • Local bacterial infections and abscesses do not significantly raise procalcitonin levels. (medscape.com)
  • Transfusion-related adverse reactions declined slightly between 2019 and 2021, although the rate of transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections remained unchanged. (cdc.gov)
  • Preexisting and/or predisposing conditions are a strong component of the severity of bacterial CNS infection. (medscape.com)
  • Meningitis is the inflammation of the leptomeninges and the most common central nervous system (CNS) bacterial infection. (medscape.com)
  • Meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the meninges, which is a layer of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. (unr.edu)
  • Meningitis infection may show up in a person by a sudden onset of fever, headache, and stiff neck. (unr.edu)
  • Possible permanent effects associated with a bacterial meningitis infection include brain damage, hearing loss, vision loss, and intellectual disability. (unr.edu)
  • Meningitis in Children Bacterial meningitis is a serious infection of the layers of tissue covering the brain and spinal cord ( meninges). (msdmanuals.com)
  • It commonly occurs in children and adults, though young children are more susceptible to the infection. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Children can develop meningitis from close contact with a person who has the infection or through surfaces and inanimate objects infected with the germ that causes meningitis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A simple cold or respiratory tract infection can also lead to meningitis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A viral infection is one of the most common causes of meningitis in children. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In most cases, fungal meningitis is an opportunistic infection - that is, it develops when the child's immune system gets weakened from another infection or treatment. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This observation led to clinical trials of H. influenzae type b vaccines in native Alaskan children, who exhibited a rate of infection ten to fifteen times higher than that reported in studies from the continental United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gilsdorf showed that children attending a day care center in which a child had experienced a serious infection with H. influenzae often carried that bacterium in their noses and/or throats without being infected. (wikipedia.org)
  • People of any age can get bacterial meningitis, but it spreads easily among those living in close quarters, so teens, college students, and boarding-school students are at higher risk for infection. (kidshealth.org)
  • However, the chronicity of the infection (having symptoms for over 2 weeks before presentation to the hospital) and the preponderance of lymphocytes in the CSF were not the typical presentation of bacterial meningitis. (who.int)
  • Meningitis is an infection that causes the protective membranes of the nervous system to swell. (healthline.com)
  • Meningitis is a serious infection of the membranes protecting the brain and spinal cord, according to WHO. (clickondetroit.com)
  • Meningitis has the potential to cause epidemics and it can lead to death within 24 hours, while one in five patients are left with lifelong disability after infection, according to the WHO. (clickondetroit.com)
  • However, fluoroquinolones are not approved by Drug Controller General of India to be used under 18 years of age unless the child is resistant to all other recommended antibiotics and is suffering from life threatening infection. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • The risk for a bacterial infection according to viral testing status is shown in the Table. (medscape.com)
  • In neonates aged less than 72 hours, a procalcitonin level of more than 1 ng/mL at birth, 100 ng/mL or more at age 24 hours, and 50 ng/mL or more at age 48 hours suggests serious bacterial infection. (medscape.com)
  • In children with urinary tract infection, a procalcitonin level of more than 0.5 ng/mL suggests renal involvement. (medscape.com)
  • [ 4 ] Procalcitonin levels fall with successful treatment of severe bacterial infection and severe noninfectious inflammatory stimuli. (medscape.com)
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the predominant cause of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children worldwide, yet no licensed RSV vaccine exists to help prevent the millions of illnesses and hospitalizations and tens of thousands of young lives taken each year. (cdc.gov)
  • 3. Immune encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, genetic metabolic brain injury, brain tumor, space occupying and trauma without intracranial bacterial infection. (who.int)
  • Since the introduction of MenAfrivac vaccine in 2010, there has been a dramatic decrease in NmA cases while other pathogen species and Nm variants including NmW, NmC and Streptococcus pneumoniae have become more prevalent reflecting a greater diversity of bacterial strains causing meningitis epidemics in Africa today. (biomedcentral.com)
  • [ 4 ] Data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis (PBM) Surveillance Network in Sub-Saharan Africa demonstrated that between 2002 and 2008, the incidence of bacterial meningitis among children younger than 5 years was still very high, with about 75,000 reported cases. (medscape.com)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , non- polio enteroviruses are the leading cause of viral meningitis in the United States. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Reduced population immunity to circulating respiratory illnesses, particularly among young children who may never have had exposure or been vaccinated, could bring about a robust return of flu and other respiratory viruses, like RSV," Lynnette Brammer, lead of the Domestic Influenza Surveillance Team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told NBC News via email. (today.com)
  • The top medal, Federal Employee of the Year , will be presented to Rana Hajjeh and a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for leading a global vaccination campaign, the Hib Initiative, which will save the lives of millions of children. (hhs.gov)
  • [ 1 ] Since then, the overall incidence of bacterial meningitis has decreased, particularly during childhood, become more a disease of adults. (medscape.com)
  • It is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adults. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Young children and adults over age 50 have the highest risk of death. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults. (medscape.com)
  • Spectrum of complications during bacterial meningitis in adults. (wikidoc.org)
  • Improve bacterial meningitis prevention (raise vaccination awareness among teenagers and young adults, extend vaccination recommendations, and improve prevention campaigns, etc. (pasteur.fr)
  • It most often affects children and adults under age 30. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Pneumococcal vaccine is given to children and adults . (medlineplus.gov)
  • The evidence base linking SSBs with obesity and overweight in children and adults has grown substantially in the past 3 years," explains Dr Farpour-Lambert. (news-medical.net)
  • Of these 30 studies included, 20 were in children (17 prospective and 3 randomised controlled trials [RCTs]) and 10 were in adults (9 prospective and 1 RCT). (news-medical.net)
  • Almost all (93%) of the 30 included studies in children and adults revealed a positive association between SSB consumption and overweight/obesity, while only one prospective cohort study in children showed no association. (news-medical.net)
  • Therefore, the combined evidence published before and after 2013 confirming that SSBs have adverse effects on body weight gain or obesity in children and adults provides a rationale for urgent policy action. (news-medical.net)
  • And adults and children with non-typeable Hi had significantly longer hospital stays than those with encapsulated strains. (cdc.gov)
  • The reference value of procalcitonin in adults and children older than 72 hours is 0.15 ng/mL or less. (medscape.com)
  • Certain germs that cause bacterial meningitis, such as L. monocytogenes , can spread through food. (cdc.gov)
  • The germs that cause bacterial meningitis can be communicable. (unr.edu)
  • This can cause a delay in meningitis diagnosis and allow the disease to become more serious. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A diagnosis of meningitis is made by examining this fluid and doing blood tests. (rch.org.au)
  • Although some kids develop long-lasting neurological problems, most who get a quick diagnosis and treatment recover fully. (kidshealth.org)
  • The patient had some improvement in his clinical condition after anti-tuberculosis treatment, but once the diagnosis of Brucella meningitis was made, antibiotic therapy was changed to doxycycline (200 mg/day), trimethoprim/sulfmethoxazole (TMX/SMP) (2 double-strength tablets every 12 hours) and rifampicin (900 mg/day). (who.int)
  • Early diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis is essential to prevent permanent neurological damage. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Bacterial meningitis is treated with antibiotics, typically administered during hospitalization. (unr.edu)
  • In the meantime, your child will be given antibiotics directly into a vein through a drip (intravenous or IV therapy), in case they have bacterial meningitis. (rch.org.au)
  • Bacterial meningitis can be more severe, and your child will need ongoing antibiotics. (rch.org.au)
  • If someone has - or might have - bacterial meningitis, doctors will start intravenous (IV) antibiotics as soon as possible. (kidshealth.org)
  • No antibiotics are needed when meningitis is caused by a virus (not bacteria). (kidshealth.org)
  • Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial meningitis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Antibiotics do not treat viral meningitis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Of the 14 new antibiotics that have been licensed since 2000, only four have been licensed for use in babies because "drug companies are reluctant to do research on babies and children," she told The Guardian. (livescience.com)
  • WHO says its reports show that meningitis control activities were reduced by 50% in 2020 compared to 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa, although "a slight improvement" was recorded in 2021. (clickondetroit.com)
  • In this study we described the epidemiological data on Bacterial meningitis in under-five children at Gondar University Hospital from 2012-2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods: Data were extracted directly from Gondar University Hospital surveillance database collected from under-five children admitted to the Hospital with suspected meningitis from January 1st, 2012 to December 31st , 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results: In this study, a total of 4311 under-five admitted with suspected bacterial meningitis from 2012 to 2021 were enrolled. (bvsalud.org)
  • There was a reduction of confirmed meningitis cases from 2012 to 2021 (26 cases in 2012 and 6cases in 2021). (bvsalud.org)
  • In young infants, doctors may look for a bulging fontanelle (soft spot on infant's head) or abnormal reflexes, which can also be signs of meningitis. (unr.edu)
  • Although fever is one of the most telling signs of meningitis, it is often absent in babies younger than 3 months old. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Signs of meningitis documented? (bmj.com)
  • Prognosis of bacterial meningitis may depend on the severity of the disease and causative agent. (wikidoc.org)
  • Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) causes inflammation throughout the body. (akronchildrens.org)
  • Most kids who develop this inflammation of the blood vessels (marked by a raised red and purple rash) make a full recovery and have no long-term problems. (akronchildrens.org)
  • This raised procalcitonin level during inflammation is associated with bacterial endotoxin and inflammatory cytokines. (medscape.com)
  • Pediatric bacterial meningitis (PBM) remains a devastating disease that causes substantial neurological morbidity and mortality worldwide. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surveillance on Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis has been set up by the World Health Organization to generate data on vaccine preventable causes of Meningitis in under-five children. (bvsalud.org)
  • They found that one particular antibiotic, ceftriaxone , is likely to only be able to treat 29% of cases of sepsis and meningitis in newborns in the studied countries. (livescience.com)
  • Similarly, another antibiotic, gentamicin , is only likely to treat 39% and 21% of sepsis and meningitis cases in children, respectively. (livescience.com)
  • for instance, they were predicted to treat 81% of cases of sepsis or meningitis in newborns. (livescience.com)
  • Early onset neonatal listeriosis is usually associated with sepsis or meningitis . (medscape.com)
  • Altered mental state (confusion) The symptoms of bacterial meningitis can appear quickly or over several days. (unr.edu)
  • Newborns and infants, do not always display the classic symptoms of bacterial meningitis. (unr.edu)
  • Also, knowing that the risk for bacteremia or meningitis is in the 1% range may also be important if the child has been difficult to obtain specimens from or there are other factors precluding obtaining samples. (medscape.com)
  • Meningitis happens when the membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord, called the meninges, becomes infected and swollen or inflamed. (rch.org.au)
  • 1 The duration of antibiotic therapy for patients with bacterial meningitis has often been based more on tradition than on data. (bmj.com)
  • Patients were divided in two different groups as bacterial meningitis with and without prior intravenous antibiotic therapy. (nepjol.info)
  • In some cases, some children may be able to finish their antibiotic therapy at home, under the supervision of a nurse. (rch.org.au)
  • While most people with meningitis can recover, it can cause serious complications, such as brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disabilities. (unr.edu)
  • However, it is best to pay a visit to the doctor since some children can develop complications. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Unlike in the case of viruses, some bacteria that cause meningitis release a toxin in the body, which can lead to neurological complications. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • That said, children with bacterial meningitis are at a higher risk of developing complications with long-term effects. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Common complications which may result from bacterial meningitis may include seizures, focal neurological deficit, sensorineual hearing loss, vision loss, cranial nerve palsies and intellectual impairment. (wikidoc.org)
  • Despite effective medical treatment, the rate of neurological complications is as high as 30 percent in patients who survive bacterial meningitis. (wikidoc.org)
  • Viral meningitis is usually not serious, and symptoms should disappear within 2 weeks with no lasting complications. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Bacterial Meningitis in Children: Neurological Complications, Associated Risk Factors, and Prevention. (nih.gov)
  • In silico identifi cation of a putative new in Vaccinated Child intravenous antimicrobial drugs paramyxovirus related to the Henipavirus without complications. (cdc.gov)
  • L'analyse des données triennales met en évidence une baisse importante de la mortalité par hémorragie et par complications de l'anesthésie. (bvsalud.org)
  • Bacterial meningitis can develop from eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. (unr.edu)
  • Bacterial Meningitis caused by E. coli , Group B streptococci, and other Gram-negative bacteria ( Listeria monocytogenes, N. meningitidis). (nih.gov)
  • In the late 1970s, the overall annual rate for bacterial meningitis was reported as 3.0 cases per 100,000 population. (medscape.com)
  • Reduce bacterial meningitis to no more than 4.7 cases per 100,000 people. (cdc.gov)
  • Staphylococcus meningitis after head trauma showing purulent exudates over the entire convexity, with associated cerebral edema and vascular congestion. (medscape.com)
  • One in five children infected is left with permanent disabilities, such as deafness or cerebral palsy. (rch.org.au)
  • Cerebral herniation during bacterial meningitis in children. (bmj.com)
  • Studies show a higher rate of fungal meningitis in children with a hematological disease such as leukemia or children who have undergone a hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplant . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The use of catheters , ventilators , and other invasive devices also increases the risk of fungal meningitis in children. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Bacterial meningitis is more serious than viral meningitis, and around 250,000 people lose their lives to the illness every year. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Meningitis can quickly become a life-threatening illness. (medlineplus.gov)
  • So it's important to know what symptoms it can cause and to get medical care right away if your child might have the illness. (kidshealth.org)
  • Children may have emotional problems following the illness, including clinginess, moodiness, and sleep disturbances. (healthline.com)
  • Muscle weakness is a common symptom of meningitis, both during the illness and in the months that follow. (healthline.com)
  • Older children with bacterial meningitis usually develop a stiff neck and have a headache. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Stiff neck and back are common in meningitis. (healthline.com)
  • There was also evidence the sick child became too stiff to sit in his car seat and had to lie on a mattress when Collet Stephan drove him from their rural home to a naturopathic clinic in Lethbridge to pick up herbal supplements. (cbc.ca)
  • This virus is spread by mosquito bites and is an important cause of viral meningitis in most of the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some meningitis-causing bacteria cannot be spread from human-to-human, but can cause disease if the person has a heightened risk factor (e.g., a weak immune system or head trauma). (unr.edu)
  • Since neurotrophin-3 is involved in the survival of neurons and the modulation of the immune system, neurotrophin-3 could play a neuroprotective or immunomodulatory role in bacterial meningitis. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Most cases happen in children, the elderly, and people with a weakened immune system (from HIV/AIDS, cancer, etc. (kidshealth.org)
  • An employee at a southern Alberta naturopathic clinic says the mother of a gravely ill toddler asked for an immune system boost because she feared her son had viral meningitis. (scienceblogs.com)
  • It inculcates magical thinking into medical decisions, as though "boosting the immune system" can take care of meningitis so easily, be it viral or bacterial. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Immune globulin should be given en to household contacts. (csisd.org)
  • If more than one case occurs in a school, immune globulin should be considered for all children and parents involved. (csisd.org)
  • While working at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska, Gilsdorf documented the high rate of H. influenzae meningitis in children diagnosed at the Alaska Native Health Service Hospital. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gilsdorf and her associates described genetic differences between disease-causing and colonizing H. influenzae strains, suggesting that the genes more prevalent among disease-causing strains represent bacterial factors that may contribute to H. influenzae pathogenicity and disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sometimes bacterial meningitis occurs in newborns when the bacteria enter the body through cuts or punctures in the scalp. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Bacterial meningitis occurs worldwide but Africa remains the most affected continent, especially in the "Meningitis belt" that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Enteroviral meningitis occurs more often than bacterial meningitis and is milder. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In an outbreak, unimmunized children should also be excluded for a least 2 weeks after last rash onset occurs. (csisd.org)
  • Inside/Outside: A Physician's Journey with Breast Cancer (2006) Continual Raving: A History of Meningitis and the People who Conquered It (2019) Ten Days (2011) Fever (2022) Gilsdorf lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband Jim. (wikipedia.org)
  • During a press meeting at the Institut Pasteur on October 3, 2019, the Ensemble contre les méningites (Together against meningitis) association outlined its recommendations to deal with public health challenges in response to bacterial meningitis in France. (pasteur.fr)
  • On October 3, 2019, experts provided an update on meningitis at a press meeting held at the Institut Pasteur followed by a symposium under the high patronage of the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health. (pasteur.fr)