Case report: Trauma-induced Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome presenting with liver abscess, lung abscess, endophthalmitis, and purulent meningitis by Hong-qiao Chen, Zhen-hua Mo, Wu-xiao Wei

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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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Lack of Proinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-6 or Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-1 Results in a Failure of the Innate Immune Response after Bacterial Meningitis by Lea-Jessica Albrecht, Simone C. Tauber, Julika Merres, Eugenia Kress, Matthias B. Stope, Sandra Jansen, Thomas Pufe, Lars-Ove Brandenburg

“…The most frequent pathogen that causes bacterial meningitis is the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. …”
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Study of Cgrp-Receptors in Human Isolated Middle Meningeal Arteries Using Bibn4096Bs, Compound 1, and HαCgrp(8-37) by Z. Razzaque, D. Shaw, M. Bock, L. Maskell, J. Pickard, D. Sirinathsinghji, J. Longmore

“…We investigated whether the antagonists BIBN4096BS[2], Compound 1 (WO98/11128, [3]), and CGRP(8-37) are functionally selective for CGRP receptors in human middle meningeal arteries (HMMA).…”
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Improving vaccination uptake in pediatric Cochlear implant recipients by Lisa Jin, Paula Téllez, Ruth Chia, Daphne Lu, Neil K. Chadha, Julie Pauwels, Simon Dobson, Hazim Al Eid, Frederick K. Kozak

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Virulence and pathogenicity of group B Streptococcus: Virulence factors and their roles in perinatal infection by Christina J. Megli, Sophia M. Carlin, Elizabeth J. Giacobe, Gideon H. Hillebrand, Thomas A. Hooven

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Unsupported walking with only half of the brain due to severe porencephaly by Josef Finsterer

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Clinical study on the treatment of acute epidural hematoma by embolization of middle meningeal artery through radial artery access combined with minimally invasive burr hole drainage by Cui Zhang, Qingbo Wang, Chenglong Li, Zixuan Jing, Xinyu Zhao, Yang Chen, Zefu Li

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Case Report: Atypical post-COVID Cogan's syndrome [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sayhi Sameh, Chaima Zitouni, Mayssa Bouzidi, Wafa Sleimi, Sameh Mezri

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Clinical profile of dengue encephalopathy: A series of twelve cases and a profile of other complications by Biswajit Bhuyan, Bandita Panda, Rabinarayan Rout, Lalatendu Mohanty, Bangam Rajendra Prasad Rao

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