Episode 2: Lyme Meningitis and Emerging Neuroborreliosis Episode 2: Lyme Meningitis and Emerging Neuroborreliosis
Join experts Drs Felicia Chow and Karen Roos as they discuss the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme meningitis and other emerging neuroborreliosis.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery InDiscussion Source Type: news
Episode 1: What's New in the Management of Bacterial Meningitis? Episode 1: What's New in the Management of Bacterial Meningitis?
Join Drs Felicia Chow and Rodrigo Hasbun as they discuss the latest in diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis.Medscape (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - May 9, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery InDiscussion Source Type: news
Clinic to Pay $19 Mil to Family of Misdiagnosed Newborn Clinic to Pay $19 Mil to Family of Misdiagnosed Newborn
A Wisconsin health system must pay millions to the family of a newborn baby for failing to diagnose meningitis.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
The Guardian view on the vaccine shortfall: tackling disruption and distrust | Editorial
Millions of children have missed routine immunisations due to the pandemic. But saving lives is about more than logisticsThe horror of the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it one small cause for optimism: the crisisaccelerated the development of new vaccine technologies, with the potential to protect against other diseases. Yet this leap forward was accompanied by a dramatic backsliding in the delivery of existing vaccines, with23 million children missing out on routine immunisations in 2020 and 25 million in 2021 – the largest sustained decline in three decades.The World Health Organization reports that more prevalent and...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Health Global health Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science World Health Organization Source Type: news
What Are the Classifications of Perinatal Stroke?
Discussion
Perinatal stroke occurs in about 1:1000 live births and is a “focal vascular injury from the fetal period to 28 days postnatal age.” Perinatal stroke is the most common cause of hemiparetic cerebral palsy and causes other significant morbidity including cognitive deficits, learning disabilities, motor problems, sensory problems including visual and hearing disorders, epilepsy, and behavioral and psychological problems. Family members are also affected because of the potential anxiety and guilt feelings that having a child with a stroke presents, along with the care that may be needed over the child&#...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 1, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Nigeria: Meningitis Kills 118 in 22 States
[This Day] Cerebrospinal meningitis has killed at least 118 persons in 22 states across 79 local government areas in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Meningitis - Nigeria Records 235 Cases, 118 Deaths in Six Months
[Premium Times] When compared to 196 suspected cases that were reported in the preceding week 12, NCDC said the new figure shows an increase of 8 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Meningitis - Nigeria Records 212 Suspected Cases, 23 Deaths in Three States
[Premium Times] The NCDC report shows that Jigawa State in the North-west accounted for 62 per cent of the suspected cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 22, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kids' Epilepsy Tied to Group B Strep Meningitis, not Sepsis, in Infancy
(MedPage Today) -- Epilepsy in early childhood was significantly elevated among those infected in early infancy with invasive Group B Streptococcus (iGBS) meningitis, but not in those with iGBS sepsis, according to a matched cohort study out of... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mum warns other parents as baby's 'small' rash turned out to be a deadly infection
A mum is spreading awareness of how to identify a meningitis rash after her baby fell ill with the infection. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First human case of potentially deadly tick infection confirmed in UK - signs to look for
Tick-borne encephalitis can lead to severe and life-threatening infections in the central nervous system, such as meningitis or encephalitis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meningococcal disease: guidance, data and analysis
The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of meningococcal disease. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Are Presentations of Neurocysticercosis?
Discussion
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic CNS infection world-wide. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic in Southeast Asia including the Indian Subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is becoming more common in other areas of the world because of immigration and the overall ease of travel.
The basic Taenia lifecycle is that humans eat un- or undercooked pork (pigs are the intermediate host) that is invested with the larvae called cysterici. The adult tapeworm forms in the human gastrointestinal tract and eggs are produced. Humans are the de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Meningitis Bacteria Trigger Headaches, Then Sneak Into the Brain
Researchers find that bacteria stimulate a headache-causing pain pathway to suppress the immune system and infect the brain. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - March 7, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Meningococcal Vaccine Shows Benefit in STI Prevention Meningococcal Vaccine Shows Benefit in STI Prevention
A new trial looks at the effect of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis and vaccination with meningococcal B vaccine on rates of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
