Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access by Aline Z. de Azambuja, Gustavo Wissmann Neto, Guilherme Watte, Luciana Antoniolli, Luciano Z. Goldani

“…The prevalence of males and females with meningeal cryptococcosis was similar. The age of the patients ranged from 5 to 67 years. …”
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Tuberculosis menace: a case report of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as tubercular meningitis and long-segment cervical tuberculous myelitis in a 32-year-old man from rural India by Saket Satyasham Toshniwal, Jiwan S. Kinkar, Amit Toshniwal, Anshul Sood, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya

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Reporte de un caso clínico de Holoprosencefalia by Lissette Chan Guevara

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A Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Varicella-Zoster Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid by Tatjana Luzius, Samuel D. Jeske, Julia Baer, Uta Goelnitz, Ulrike Protzer, Jochen M. Wettengel

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Serial cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of high mobility group box 1 in bacterial meningitis: a retrospective cohort study by Takeshi Matsushige, Hirofumi Inoue, Madoka Hoshide, Fumitaka Kohno, Hikaru Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ichihara, Takashi Ichiyama, Shunji Hasegawa

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Late Recovery from Severe Streptococcus pneumoniae Comatose Meningitis with Concomitant Diffuse Subcortical Cytotoxic Edema and Cortical Hypometabolism by Philippe Hantson, Thierry Duprez

“…A 75-year-old woman was admitted to ICU with coma following Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis with bacteremia. Her Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score fluctuated around 4 to 6 over the next four weeks. …”
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Middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma in a young patient with antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report by Kristoffer Ambeck Aagaard, Halldór Bjarki Einarsson, Hans Værum Gram Novrup

“…It was considered of high risk to proceed with traditional burr-hole surgery, so instead embolization of the middle meningeal artery was performed. Postoperatively the patient gradually improved, and a scan at 6 months showed complete regression of the hematoma. …”
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Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy misdiagnosed as intracranial infectious diseases: case reports and literature review by Runhua Bai, Runhua Bai, Li An, Wei Du, Zhiwei Wang, Xiaokun Qi, Jianguo Liu, Ming Ren, Yingxin Yu

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Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Meningitis (2016 to 2018) Four Years after the Introduction of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Benin by Togbemabou Primous Martial Godjedo, Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe, Moussiliou Noël Paraiso, Tamegnon Victorien Dougnon, Marie Hidjo, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Honore Bankole

“…Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were taken after the identification of meningitis cases. The samples, thus, taken were sent to the laboratory for culture and identification of Neisseria meningitidis in accordance with WHO standards. …”
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Meningoencephalitis by Cryptococcus. Case presentation by Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez, María Odeymi Urdanivia Cruz, Mavis Pórtela Sánchez

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Clinical Features and Predictors of Lethal Outcome in Tick-Borne Encephalitis: A Retrospective Study from Lithuania by G. Rynkevič, E. Žilinskas, D. Streckytė, D. Radzišauskienė, R. Mameniškienė

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Immunological efficiency of Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosyl ribitol phosphate combined with detoxified lipooligosaccharide in a rabbit model by Amin Arsang, Seyed Davar Siadat, Masoumeh Saberpour, Farshad Nojoomi

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A Case of Bacteremia and Meningitis Associated with Piperacillin-Tazobactam Nonsusceptible, Ceftriaxone Susceptible Escherichia coli during Strongyloides Hyperinfection in an Immunocompromised Host by Santosh Dahal, Jeffrey Lederman, Jesse Berman, Marius Viseroi, Stephen Jesmajian

“…We report a case of hyperinfection syndrome complicated by E. coli bacteremia and meningitis with one of the isolates showing a unique resistance pattern recently being recognized. …”
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Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens Causing Meningitis in Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction by Walaa Shawky Khater, Safia Hamed Elabd

“…Background. Meningitis is a serious communicable disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. …”
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Clinical Presentation of Patients with Aseptic Meningitis, Factors Influencing Treatment and Hospitalization, and Consequences of Enterovirus Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing by Glenn Patriquin, Jill Hatchette, Kevin Forward

“…INTRODUCTION: Clinical and laboratory features of enteroviral meningitis may overlap with those of bacterial meningitis. …”
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in a HIV Seronegative Patient: A Rare Complication of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Detected with a New Cisternographic Technique by Chukwunonso Chime, Charbel Ishak, Kishore Kumar, Muhammad Kamal, Srinivasan Krishna, Paul Kelly, Sridhar Chilimuri

“…Immune deficiency is usually the underlying predisposing factor for cryptococcal meningitis, though there have been case reports of immunocompetent patients presenting with same. …”
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Molecular study of the status of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats in Haiti by Fedna Jimmy, Borne Romain, Rieffel Dominique, Bornette Gudrun, Henrys Jean-Hugues, Grenouillet Frédéric, Raoul Francis

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Varicella Zoster Meningitis, Optic Neuritis Preceding the Development of Posterior Outer Retinal Necrosis, and Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in a HIV Patient by Manasa Gunturu, Shiva Kumar Gosi, Swetha Kanduri, Vishnu Garla

“…Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis was consistent with VZV meningitis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed enhancement of the right optic nerve indicative of optic neuritis. …”
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First Report of a Case of Pneumococcal Meningitis Which Did Not Respond to the Ceftriaxone Therapy despite the Isolated Organism Being Sensitive to This Antibiotic In Vitro by Maryam Mojtabavi, Hamid Reza Naderi, Ashraf Tavanaee Sani, Mahmood Bagheri, Kiarash Ghazvini

“…A 60-year-old man presented with pneumococcal meningitis which did not respond to the ceftriaxone therapy, in spite of in-vitro susceptibility (minimal inhibitory concentration of 0.016 μg/dLit) of the isolated organism to this antibacterial agent, although ceftriaxone is still the drug of choice for such pneumococcal meningitis. …”
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Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid levels of D-lactate, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, -8, and -17 in suspected nosocomial meningitis by Sibel Yorulmaz Goktas, Arzu Yılmaztepe Oral, Emel Yılmaz, Emin Halis Akalın, Furkan Guvenc, Guven Ozkaya, Hasan Kocaeli, Seref Dogan, Selcuk Yılmazlar, Haluk Barbaros Oral

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