OBJECTIVE Central nervous system (CNS) infections cause significant morbidity and
mortality and often require neurosurgical intervention for proper diagnosis and treatment …

The enormous genetic flexibility of bacteria jeopardizes the usefulness of currently available
antibiotics, and requires new approaches to antibiotic discovery and development …

Despite expansive studies over the past century, the epidemiology of invasive
meningococcal disease (IMD) has remained elusive in some of its aspects. The following …

Laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis was conducted in a network of
infectious disease hospitals in Egypt to better understand the epidemiology of this infection …

病媒生物监测预警是其可持续精准控制的前提和基础, 事关媒介生物传染病预防控制的成败.
基于病媒生物阈值的定量评估和基于多学科模型的预测, 已成为当前病媒生物监测预警最常用的 …

BACKGROUND: Childhood acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is an important cause of death
and long-term neurological disability in Yemen, the only low income–high mortality country …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiologic features of meningitis in Al-Ain Medical District,
United Arab Emirates from January 2000 through June 2005. METHODS: A retrospective …

Information about the burden and epidemiological characteristics of meningitis and other
invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and …

Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide,
particularly in children under 5 years of age. In the pre-vaccine era, 95% of serious disease …

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes considerable morbidity and mortality among
children worldwide. This review describes the burden of disease and pneumococcal …