MENINGITIS
(
SEVAMED 2003)
(Diagnosis,
Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics, Pathogenesis, Vaccines
& Drugs)
January 2003
6172.
Akhtar AJ, Alamy ME, Yoshikawa TT.
Extrahepatic conditions and hepatic encephalopathy in elderly patients.
Am J Med Sci. 2002 Jul;324(1):1-4.
6173.
Baheti R, Laddha P, Gehlot R S. CSF-adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in
various types of meningitis. J. Indian Acad Clin Med 2001; 2(4), 286-7.
6174.
Brandt J, Wong C, Mihm S, Roberts J, Smith J, Brewer E, Thiagarajan R,
Warady B. Invasive pneumococcal disease and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Pediatrics. 2002 Aug;110(2 Pt 1):371-6.
6175.
Chandramuki A, Lyashchenko K, Kumari HB, Khanna N, Brusasca P,
Gourie-Devi M, Satishchandra P, Shankar SK, Ravi V, Alcabes P, Kanaujia GV,
Gennaro ML. Detection of antibody to Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens
in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis. J Infect
Dis. 2002 Sep 1;186(5):678-83.
6176.
Davachi F, Bregu H, Lito G. Recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae
meningitis. J Trop Pediatr. 2002 Aug;48(4):249-51.
6177.
Gilbert B, Menetrey C, Belin V, Brosset P, de Lumley L, Fisher A.
Familial isolated congenital asplenia: a rare, frequently hereditary dominant
condition, often detected too late as a cause of overwhelming pneumococcal
sepsis. Report of a new case and review of 31 others. Eur J Pediatr. 2002
Jul;161(7):368-72. Review.
6178.
Inkelis SH, O'Leary D, Wang VJ, Malley R, Nicholson MK, Kuppermann N.
Extremity pain and refusal to walk in children with invasive meningococcal
disease. Pediatrics. 2002 Jul;110(1 Pt 1):e3.
6179.
John A J P, Lalitha M K, Cherian T, Pai R, Thomas K, Steinhoff M C.
Polymerase chain reaction – enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of pneumococcal
meningitis in children and adults. Indian J med Res 2001; 113 (Feb), 48-52.
6180.
Lanska DJ. Anthrax meningoencephalitis. Neurology. 2002 Aug
13;59(3):327-34. Review.
6181.
Martinez E, Miro JM, Almirante B, Aguado JM, Fernandez-Viladrich P,
Fernandez-Guerrero ML, Villanueva JL, Dronda F, Moreno-Torrico A, Montejo M,
Llinares P, Gatell JM.
Effect of penicillin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae on the
presentation, prognosis, and treatment of pneumococcal endocarditis in adults.
Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 15;35(2):130-9.
6182.
McCracken GH Jr. Rich nations, poor nations, and bacterial meningitis.
Lancet. 2002 Jul 20;360(9328):183.
6183.
Pantosti A, Gherardi G, Conte M, Faella F, Dicuonzo G, Beall B. A novel,
multiple drug-resistant, serotype 24F strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae that
caused meningitis in patients in Naples, Italy. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul
15;35(2):205-8.
6184.
Saghari S, Woolery-Lloyd H, Nouri K. Squamous cell carcinoma in a patient
with Netherton's syndrome. Int J Dermatol. 2002 Jul;41(7):415-6.
6185.
Thomas KE, Hasbun R, Jekel J, Quagliarello VJ. The diagnostic accuracy of
Kernig's sign, Brudzinski's sign, and nuchal rigidity in adults with suspected
meningitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 1;35(1):46-52.
6186.
Totan M. Recurrent pneumococcal meningitis in homozygous C3 deficiency.
Indian J Pediatr. 2002 Jul;69(7):625-6.
6187.
Webb M, Ziauddin A, Okusa MD. Coccidioidomycosis meningitis and syndrome
of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone. Am J Med Sci. 2002 Sep;324(3):155-7.
6188.
Yazawa S, Kawasaki S, Fujimoto C, Ohi T. Case report of
meningoencephalitis during a concomitant mumps and parvovirus B19 infection.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2002 Sep;104(4):380-2.
Pathogenesis:
6189.
Blattman JN, Cheng LE, Greenberg PD. CD8(+) T cell responses: it's all
downhill after their prime. Nat Immunol. 2002 Jul;3(7):601-2.
6190.
Chretien F, Lortholary O, Kansau I, Neuville S, Gray F, Dromer F.
Pathogenesis of cerebral Cryptococcus neoformans infection after fungemia. J
Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 15;186(4):522-30.
6191.
George CN, Letha S, Bai SS. A clinical study of chronic morbidity in
children following pyogenic meningitis. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Jul;39(7):663-7.
6192.
Johnson JR, Russo TA. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli as agents of diverse
non-urinary tract extraintestinal infections. J Infect Dis. 2002 Sep
15;186(6):859-64.
6193.
Josefson D. Cochlear implants carry risk of meningitis, agencies warn.
BMJ. 2002 Aug 10;325(7359):298.
Vaccines:
6194.
Furesz J. Safety of live mumps virus vaccines. J Med Virol. 2002
Jul;67(3):299-300.
6195.
Perez-Trallero E, Vicente D, Montes M, Cisterna R. Positive effect of
meningococcal C vaccination on serogroup replacement in Neisseria meningitidis.
Lancet. 2002 Sep 21;360(9337):953.
6196. Wuorimaa T, Kayhty H. Current state of pneumococcal vaccines. Scand J Immunol. 2002 Aug;56(2):111-29. Review.
Therapy:
6197.
Krysan DJ, Kemper AR. Claims of equivalence in randomized controlled
trials of the treatment of bacterial meningitis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis
J. 2002 Aug;21(8):753-8.
6198.
Singh UK, Prasad R, Kumar R, Jaiswal BP. Management of diarrhoea in
practice. Indian J Pediatr. 2002 Aug;69(8):687-95.
April 2003
6812.
Boyle RJ, Curtis N, Kelly N, Garland SM, Carapetis JR.Clinical
implications of inducible beta-lactamase activity in Gram-negative bacteremia in
children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Oct;21(10):935-40.
6813.
Bui TT, Delgado CA, Simon HK. Infant seizures not so infantile:
first-time seizures in children under six months of age presenting to the ED. Am
J Emerg Med. 2002 Oct;20(6):518-20.
6814.
Chadwick DR, Lever AM. The impact of new diagnostic methodologies in the
management of meningitis in adults at a teaching hospital. QJM. 2002
Oct;95(10):663-70.
6815.
Chinchankar N, Mane M, Bhave S, Bapat S, Bavdekar A, Pandit A, Niphadkar
KB, Dutta A, Leboulleux D.Diagnosis and outcome of acute bacterial meningitis in
early childhood. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Oct;39(10):914-21.
6816.
Chitkara MB, Ryan LM, Stockwell D, Wiedermann BL. Can a clinical decision
rule decrease antibiotic use in viral meningitis? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002
Dec;156(12):1195-8.
6817.
Nashkevich NN, Akalovich S, Louneva N, Heavner GA, Voitenok NN. A
monoclonal antibody and an enzyme immunoassay for human Ala-IL-8(77).J Immunol
Methods 2002
Dec 1;270(1):37-51
6818.
Patel VB, Bhigjee AI, Bill PL, Connolly CA.Cytokine profiles in HIV
seropositive patients with tuberculous meningitis.J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
2002 Nov;73(5):598-9
Pathogensis:
6819.
Bulgan T, Gilbert CE.
Prevalence and causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in
children in Mongolia. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2002 Oct;9(4):271-81.
6820.
Geyik MF, Kokoglu OF, Hosoglu S, Ayaz C.Acute bacterial meningitis as a
complication of otitis media and related mortality factors. Yonsei Med J. 2002
Oct;43(5):573-8.
6821.
Kubo S, Takimoto H, Hosoi K, Toyota S, Karasawa J, Yoshimine
T.Osteomyelitis of the odontoid process associated with meningitis and
retropharyngeal abscess--case report. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2002
Oct;42(10):447-51.
6822.
Leask SJ, Done DJ, Crow TJ.Adult psychosis, common childhood infections
and neurological soft signs in a national birth cohort. Br J Psychiatry. 2002
Nov;181:387-92.
Vaccines:
6823.
Zhou F, Bisgard KM, Yusuf HR, Deuson RR, Bath SK, Murphy TV.Impact of
universal Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination starting at 2 months of age
in the United States: an economic analysis. Pediatrics. 2002 Oct;110(4):653-61.
Therapy:
6824.
Irazuzta JE, Pretzlaff RK, Zingarelli B, Xue V, Zemlan F.
Modulation of nuclear factor-kappaB activation and decreased markers of
neurological injury associated with hypothermic therapy in experimental
bacterial meningitis. Crit Care Med. 2002 Nov;30(11):2553-9.
6825.
Kanner AA, Vogelbaum MA, Mayberg MR, Weisenberger JP, Barnett GH.
Intracranial navigation by using low-field intraoperative magnetic resonance
imaging: preliminary experience. J Neurosurg. 2002 Nov;97(5):1115-24.
6826. Ouma JR. Recurrent meningitis due to unrecognised skull fracture.S Afr Med J. 2002 Oct;92(10):778-9. 36:
July 2003
7380.
Antinori S. Signs
of meningeal irritation: what is their diagnostic accuracy? Clin Infect Dis.
2003 Jan 1;36(1):125-6;
7381.
Behzad-Behbahani A, Klapper PE, Vallely PJ, Cleator GM.
BK virus DNA in CSF of immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Arch Dis Child. 2003 Feb;88(2):174-5.
7382.
Bonsu BK, Harper MB.
Utility of the peripheral blood white blood cell count for identifying
sick young infants who need lumbar puncture. Ann Emerg Med. 2003
Feb;41(2):206-14.
7383.
Finn A. More
lumbar punctures, please! Arch Dis Child. 2003 Feb;88(2):177.
7384.
George C N, Letha S, Sushama Bai S. Clinical study of chronic morbidity
in chldre following prygenic meningitis. Indian Pedit 2002, 39(7), 663-7.
7385.
Green DA, Ansari BM, Davis S, Cameron D.
Reagent strip testing of cerebrospinal fluid.Trop Doct. 2003
Jan;33(1):31-2.
7386.
Hertzig T, Weber M, Greiffenberg L, Holthausen BS, Goebel W, Kim KS, Kuhn
M. Antibodies
present in normal human serum inhibit invasion of human brain microvascular
endothelial cells by Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun. 2003
Jan;71(1):95-100.
7387.
Koedel U, Angele B, Rupprecht T, Wagner H, Roggenkamp A, Pfister HW,
Kirschning CJ. Toll-like
receptor 2 participates in mediation of immune response in experimental
pneumococcal meningitis. J Immunol. 2003 Jan 1;170(1):438-44.
7388.
Mishra OP, Batra P, Ali Z, Anupurba S, Das BK.
Cerebrospinal fluid lysozyme level for the diagnosis of tuberculous
meningitis in children. J Trop Pediatr. 2003 Feb;49(1):13-6.
7389.
Sadler F, Fox A, Neal K, Dawson M, Cartwright K, Borrow R. Genetic
analysis of capsular status of meningococcal carrier isolates. Epidemiol Infect.
2003 Feb;130(1):59-70.
7390.
Saravolatz LD, Manzor O, VanderVelde N, Pawlak J, Belian B. Broad-range
bacterial polymerase chain reaction for early detection of bacterial meningitis.
Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 1;36(1):40-5.
7391.
Sehgal A, Jyothi MC, Dubey NK.
Comparison of tympanic and rectal temperatures in febrile children.
Indian Pediatr. 2003 Feb;40(2):135-40.
7392.
Seth R, Sharma U, Diagnostic criterion for tuberculose meningitis. Indian
J Pediat 2002, 69(4), 299-303.
7393.
Shah Z A, Rasool R, Salahuddin M. Clinical utility of routine diagnostic
methods and electrophoresis for estimation of acute phase proteins in
cerebrospinal fluid of neonates with bacterial meningitis. J med Sci 2002, 5(1),
56-8.
Pathogenesis:
7394.
Ki M, Park T, Yi SG, Oh JK, Choi B.
Risk analysis of aseptic meningitis after measles-mumps-rubella
vaccination in Korean children by using a case-crossover design. Am J Epidemiol.
2003 Jan 15;157(2):158-65.
7395.
Overturf GD. Indications
for the immunological evaluation of patients with meningitis. Clin Infect Dis.
2003 Jan 15;36(2):189-94.
7396.
Posteraro B, Sanguinetti M, Sanglard D, La Sorda M, Boccia S, Romano L,
Morace G, Fadda G. Identification
and characterization of a Cryptococcus neoformans ATP binding cassette (ABC)
transporter-encoding gene, CnAFR1, involved in the resistance to fluconazole.
Mol Microbiol. 2003 Jan;47(2):357-71.
7397.
Shapiro S, Miller A, Lahat N, Sobel E, Lerner A. Expression of matrix
metalloproteinases, sICAM-1 and IL-8 in CSF from children with meningitis. J
Neurol Sci. 2003 Jan 15;206(1):43-8.
7398.
Xu J, Millar BC, Moore JE, Murphy K, Webb H, Fox AJ, Cafferkey M, Crowe
MJ. Employment of broad-range 16S rRNA PCR to detect aetiological agents of
infection from clinical specimens in patients with acute meningitis—rapid
separation of 16S rRNA PCR amplicons without the need for cloning. J Appl
Microbiol. 2003;94(2):197-206.
Vaccines:
7399.
Lebel MH, Kellner JD, Ford-Jones EL, Hvidsten K, Wang EC, Ciuryla V,
Arikian S, Casciano R. A pharmacoeconomic evaluation of 7-valent pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine in Canada. Clin Infect Dis
2003 Feb 1;36(3):259-68
Therapy:
7400. Atwood CS, Perry G, Smith MA. Cerebral hemorrhage and amyloid-beta. Science. 2003 Feb 14;299(5609):1014
7401. Baker PM, Keeling DM, Murphy M. Plasma exchange as a source of protein C for acute-onset protein C pathway failure. Br J Haematol. 2003 Jan;120(1):167-8.
7402. Posteraro B, Sanguinetti M, Sanglard D, La Sorda M, Boccia S, Romano L, Morace G, Fadda G. Identification and characterization of a Cryptococcus neoformans ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter-encoding gene, CnAFR1, involved in the resistance to fluconazole. Mol Microbiol. 2003 Jan;47(2):357-71.
8078.
Abdulkader I, Cameselle-Teijeiro J, Forteza J. Signet-ring cells
associated with pseudomembranous colitis. Virchows Arch. 2003 Apr;442(4):412-4.
Epub 2003 Apr 03.
8079.
Bauters TG, Swinne D, Stove V, Nelis HJ. Detection of single cells of
Cryptococcus neoformans in clinical samples by solid-phase cytometry. J Clin
Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1736-7.
8080.
Bonora S, Zanusso G, Raiteri R, Monaco S, Rossati A, Ferrari S, Boffito
M, Audagnotto S, Sinicco A, Rizzuto N, Concia E, Di Perri G. Clearance of 14-3-3
protein from cerebrospinal fluid heralds the resolution of bacterial meningitis.
Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;36(11):1492-5. Epub 2003 May 16.
8081.
Cepok S, Zhou D, Vogel F, Rosche B, Grummel V, Sommer N, Hemmer B. The
immune response at onset and during recovery from Borrelia burgdorferi
meningoradiculitis. Arch Neurol. 2003 Jun;60(6):849-55.
8082.
Chan KH, Ho PL, Cheung RT, Tsang KL, Fong GC, Cheng PW, Ho SL.
Tuberculous meningitis with tuberculomata presenting as postpartum pyrexia of
unknown origin. Hosp Med. 2003 May;64(5):306-7.
8083.
Foudrinier F, Villena I, Jaussaud R, Aubert D, Chemla C, Martinot F,
Pinon JM. Clinical
value of specific immunoglobulin E detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay in cases of acquired and congenital toxoplasmosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2003
Apr;41(4):1681-6.
8084.
Gonzales N, Tyler KL, Gilden DH. Recurrent dermatomal vesicular skin
lesions: a clue to diagnosis of herpes simplex virus 2 meningitis. Arch Neurol.
2003 Jun;60(6):868-9.
8085.
Intapan PM, Maleewong W, Sawanyawisuth K, Chotmongkol V. Evaluation of
human IgG subclass antibodies in the serodiagnosis of angiostrongyliasis.
Parasitol Res. 2003 Apr;89(6):425-9. Epub 2002 Nov 26.
8086.
Jorgensen GE, Hammarin AL, Bratt G, Grandien M, Flaegstad T, Johnsen JI.
Identification of a unique BK virus variant in the CNS of a patient with AIDS. J
Med Virol. 2003 May;70(1):14-9.
8087.
Kelley TW, Prayson RA, Ruiz AI, Isada CM, Gordon SM. The neuropathology
of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis. A report of two cases and review of the
literature. Am J Clin Pathol. 2003 May;119(5):749-53. Review.
8088.
Lledo L, Gegundez MI, Saz JV, Bahamontes N, Beltran M. Lymphocytic
choriomeningitis virus infection in a province of Spain: analysis of sera from
the general population and wild rodents. J Med Virol. 2003 Jun;70(2):273-5.
8089.
Michael JS, Lalitha MK, Cherian T, Thomas K, Mathai D, Abraham OC,
Brahmadathan KN. Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for rapid diagnosis of
tuberculos meningitis. Indian J Tuberc 2002, 49(3), 133-7.
8090.
Nowak DA, Boehmer R, Fuchs HH. A retrospective clinical, laboratory and
outcome analysis in 43 cases of acute aseptic meningitis. Eur J Neurol. 2003
May;10(3):271-80.
8091.
Sirisanthana V, Puthanakit T, Sirisanthana T.
Epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory features of scrub typhus in thirty
Thai children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Apr;22(4):341-5.
8092.
Skelly M, Hoffman J, Fabbri M, Holzman RS, Clarkson AB Jr, Merali S. S-adenosylmethionine
concentrations in diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Lancet. 2003 Apr
12;361(9365):1267-8.
Pathogenesis:
8093.
Cottagnoud P, Gerber CM, Majcherczyk PA, Acosta F, Cottagnoud M, Neftel
K, Moreillon P, Tauber MG. The stereochemistry of the amino acid side chain
influences the inflammatory potential of muramyl dipeptide in experimental
meningitis. Infect Immun. 2003 Jun;71(6):3663-6.
8094.
Prasadarao NV, Srivastava PK, Rudrabhatla RS, Kim KS, Huang SH, Sukumaran
SK. Cloning
and expression of the Escherichia coli K1 outer membrane protein A receptor, a
gp96 homologue. Infect Immun. 2003 Apr;71(4):1680-8.
8095.
Riggio MP, Lennon A. Specific PCR detection of Peptostreptococcus magnus.
J Med Microbiol. 2003 Apr;52(Pt 4):309-13.
Vaccines:
8096. Breuer J. Monitoring virus strain variation following infection with VZV: is there a need and what are the implications of introducing the Oka vaccine? Commun Dis Public Health. 2003 Apr;6(1):59-62.