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Meningococcal meningitis

Known as: epidemics meningitis, meningococcic meningitis, MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL 
A fulminant infection of the meninges and subarachnoid fluid by the bacterium NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, producing diffuse inflammation and peri… 
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ChloramphenicolChloramphenicol sodium succinateIn BloodMicrobiological

Broader (4)

MeningitisMeningitis, BacterialMeningococcal Infectionsnervous system disorder

Narrower (1)

Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W-135

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Structural basis of the Neisseria meningitidis immunotypes including the L4 and L7 immunotypes.
1992
1992
Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.
Two infants are described in whom identical strains of meningococcus were isolated from both the eyes and the cerebrospinal fluid… 
1990
1990
Surveillance and control of meningococcal meningitis epidemics in refugee populations.
Epidemics of communicable diseases pose a direct threat to refugee and internally displaced populations, and could lead to high… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Meningococcal meningitis in familial deficiency of the fifth component of complement.
Absence of the fifth component of complement (C5) by immunochemical assay and marked deficiency by hemolytic assay (less than 0.1… 
1981
1981
Vancomycin and rifampin therapy for Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis associated with CSF shunts: report of three cases.
Three patients with Staphylococcus epidermis meningitis associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt devices were treated with… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A pharmacologic evaluation of penicillin in children with purulent meningitis.
We undertook a prospective study of the pharmacokinetics of penicillin G (administered intravenously every four hours for a total… 
1975
1975
Meningococcal antigen in diagnosis and treatment of group A meningococcal infections.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine: studies in the Sudan to combat cerebrospinal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis group A.
Vaccination against cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) has regained interest with the use of capsular polysaccharides (or polyosides… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Counter-current immunoelectrophoresis in the diagnosis of meningococcal infections.
Review
1967
Review
1967
Familial carriers and meningococcal meningitis.
INTEREST in meningococcal disease was reawakened by the demonstration in 1963 of sulfonamide resistance in a significant number… 
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