Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis

BB Mook-Kanamori, M Geldhoff… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pneumococcal meningitis continues to be associated with high rates of mortality and long-
term neurological sequelae. The most common route of infection starts by nasopharyngeal …

Acute bacterial meningitis in infants and children

KS Kim - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2010 - thelancet.com
Bacterial meningitis continues to be an important cause of mortality and morbidity in
neonates and children throughout the world. The introduction of the protein conjugate …

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EC Wall, JM Chan, E Gil… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Acute bacterial meningitis : Current Opinion in Neurology Acute bacterial meningitis :
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Immunomodulatory properties of antibiotics

R Nau, SC Tauber - Current molecular pharmacology, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
There is growing evidence that certain antibiotics exert their beneficial effects not only by
killing or inhibiting the growth of bacterial pathogens but also indirectly by …

Animal Models of Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease

D Chiavolini, G Pozzi, S Ricci - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a colonizer of human nasopharynx, but it is also an important
pathogen responsible for high morbidity, high mortality, numerous disabilities, and high …

New understandings on the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis

U Koedel, M Klein, HW Pfister - Current opinion in infectious …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
New understandings on the pathophysiology of bacterial menin... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases New understandings on the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis : Current …

Pathophysiology of neonatal acute bacterial meningitis

T Barichello, GD Fagundes… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
Neonatal meningitis is a severe acute infectious disease of the central nervous system and
an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The inflammatory reaction involves …

Daptomycin Exerts Bactericidal Activity without Lysis of Staphylococcus aureus

N Cotroneo, R Harris, N Perlmutter… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability of daptomycin to produce bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus
while causing negligible cell lysis has been demonstrated using electron microscopy and …

Maternal immune activation induced by lipopolysaccharide triggers immune response in pregnant mother and fetus, and induces behavioral impairment in adult rats

LR Simões, G Sangiogo, MH Tashiro… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence suggest that prenatal immune system disturbance contributes largely to the
pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. We investigated if maternal immune …

Phage lytic enzyme Cpl-1 for antibacterial therapy in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

D Grandgirard, JM Loeffler, VA Fischetti… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Treatment of bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is
increasingly difficult, because of emerging resistance to antibiotics. Recombinant Cpl-1, a …