Cryptococcal Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Ventriculo-Pleural Shunt by Raynieri Fernandez, Jose Henao, Catherine Creticos

“…Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common form of infection caused by Cryptococcus yeast species, followed by pulmonary infection. …”
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Meningitis In Newborns With Late-Onset Sepsis; A Critical Insight by Sobia Naveed, Madiha Fayyaz, Somayya Siddiqa, Asvar Samaa, Rahat Rahman, Zartasha Sial

“…In each neonate with clinical features of sepsis, a detailed history and examination were done. Meningitis was labelled in the neonates whose CSF findings were suggestive of meningitis. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis Caused by Lassa Virus: Case Series Report by Peter O. Okokhere, Idowu A. Bankole, Christopher O. Iruolagbe, Benard E. Muoebonam, Martha O. Okonofua, Simeon O. Dawodu, George O. Akpede

“…Whereas Lassa fever encephalopathy and encephalitis are well described in the literature, there is paucity of data on Lassa virus meningitis. We present the clinical description, laboratory diagnosis, and management of 4 consecutive cases of aseptic meningitis associated with Lassa virus infection without bleeding seen in a region of Nigeria known to be endemic for both the reservoir rodent and Lassa fever. …”
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Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis – Application to the Study of Meningococcal Meningitis and Listeriosis by FE Ashton

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Dural Plasmacytoma with Meningeal Myelomatosis in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma by Nieves Gascón, Héctor Pérez-Montero, Sandra Guardado, Rafael D’Ambrosi, María Ángeles Cabeza, José Fermín Pérez-Regadera

“…Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a right solid extra-axial parieto-occipital lesion with typical characteristics of meningeal myelomatosis. Biopsy was performed, which diagnosed a dural plasmacytoma. …”
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Analysis of intracranial lesions in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis by Wei Song, Li Liu, Tangkai Qi, Zhenyan Wang, Yang Tang, Jianjun Sun, Shuibao Xu, Junyang Yang, Jiangrong Wang, Jun Chen, Renfang Zhang, Yinzhong Shen

Subjects: “…cryptococcal meningitis…”
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IVIG Associated Aseptic Meningitis in a Renal Transplant Patient by Tamara Wanigasekera, Rachel J. Grainger, Donal J. Sexton, Colm Magee

“…The management of antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients involves plasmapheresis with IVIG. Aseptic meningitis is a rare adverse effect of IVIG therapy and is a diagnosis of exclusion. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis as an Immune-Related Adverse Event after Pembrolizumab by Gian Lima, Adriana Kahn, Shashank Sama, Jacqueline Savage

“…Pembrolizumab has been associated with a variety of immune-related side effects, but the occurrence of aseptic meningitis is rare. Case. A 55-year-old male with a history of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma previously treated with pembrolizumab presented with persistent severe headaches and photophobia. …”
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis by José Alberto Choreño-Parra, Luis Armando Jiménez-Álvarez, Ellis Daniela Maldonado-Díaz, Graciela Cárdenas, Luis Alejandro Fernández-Lopez, José Luis Soto-Hernandez, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez, Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas, Armando Vega-López, María Lilia Domínguez-López, Carlos Sánchez-Garibay, Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, Silvia Giono, Luis Antonio Jiménez-Zamudio, Shabaana A. Khader, Ethel A. García-Latorre, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Joaquín Zúñiga

“…The mechanisms underlying the immunopathology of tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most severe clinical form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), are not understood. …”
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Varicella-Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Male without Fever or Rash by Raju Raghunathan, Qasim Khalil, Mohamad Mooty

“…The diagnosis of VZ meningitis is challenging in the absence of typical features of Zoster rash and requires a high index of suspicion.…”
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Ruptured Suprasellar Dermoid Cyst presenting with Chemical Meningitis and Blindness by Lakshya Varshney, Laxminarayan Tripathy, Harsh Jain, Sunandan Basu, Mohammad Sarwar

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Pediatric bacterial meningitis in southern China: analysis of 838 cases by Lianfeng Chen, Wen-Lin Wu, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojing Li, Sida Yang, Huici Liang, Kelu Zheng, Yani Zhang, Haixia Zhu, Yang Tian, Bingwei Peng, Haisheng Lin, Xiuying Wang, Shuyao Ning, Yinyan Gan, Chi Hou, Yinting Liao, Huiling Sheng, Wen-Xiong Chen, Wen-Xiong Chen

Subjects: “…bacterial meningitis…”
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Could Proteomic Research Deliver the Next Generation of Treatments for Pneumococcal Meningitis? by U. R. Goonetilleke, S. A. Ward, S. B. Gordon

“…This minireview will summarize the known pathogenesis of meningitis, and current gaps in knowledge, that could be filled by proteomic analysis.…”
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Pneumococcal Meningitis Complicated by Cerebral Vasculitis, Abscess, Hydrocephalus, and Hearing Loss by Abdul Razzakh Poil, Adila Shaukat, Devendra Kumar

“…Intracranial abscesses, postinfectious vasculitis, and hydrocephalus are rare complications of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) meningitis, and to our knowledge, there have been no case reports where all these 3 complications occurred in a single patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. …”
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Nanotherapeutics for Meningitis: Enhancing Drug Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier by Hitaishi Sharma, Kannan Badri Narayanan, Shampa Ghosh, Krishna Kumar Singh, Prarthana Rehan, Aparajita Dasgupta Amist, Rakesh Bhaskar, Jitendra Kumar Sinha

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Case report: Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital encephalocele and superadded meningitis by Saher Bano, Muhammad Aqib Faizan, Tooba Rehman, Jasleen Kaur, Jeevanjyot Singh

“…Brain parenchymal changes were also noted and a CSF R/E was sent which showed meningitis and the patient was put on IV antibiotics empirically along with fluid supplementation. …”
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A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient by Kevin Cantillo García, Oscar Calderón Duran, Tomás Acosta Pérez, Ángel Vásquez Jiménez, Emerson Madrid Pérez, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Tomás Rodríguez Yánez, Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado

“…We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in Colombia who had meningitis due to A. faecalis after a dental procedure. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…A week after admission he developed drowsiness, meningeal signs, abdominal distension, and constipation. …”
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Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced T2-FLAIR MRI in the detection of meningitis by Sanjay P., Vittal Manohar, Sushmita Balol, Yashwanth Naik M.B.

Subjects: “…meningitis…”
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An unusual cause of recurrent meningitis in a 17-year-old girl by K Nikitha, Sachin Sureshbabu, P Anoof

Subjects: “…aseptic meningitis…”
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