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Shrewsbury mum to brave skydive to raise funds for children's hospital who saved her son's life
Back in February 2019 at just 3 month's old, Emma Cooke's son Hugo Jack Andrew Cooke was sadly fighting for his life with pneumococcal meningitis. If it wasn't for the outstanding care from ...
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Epidemiology of childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia: a prospective cohort study
Background The widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV ... The most common presentations were complicated pneumonia (254, 67%), bacteraemia (65, 17%) and meningitis (29, 8%). Five (1%) ...
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Brunei introduces pneumococcal vaccine for infants, children
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ... of serious illnesses such as pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis, particularly among children ...
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Meningitis: Don’t ignore the signs and symptoms
Meningitis is comparatively rare, but it is important to be aware of the symptoms and be prepared to take urgent action whenever it is suspected, as it can develop suddenly and progress rapidly. Early ...
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CSF Levels of Elongation Factor Tu Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Malawian Adults With Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis
Underlying causes of high mortality are poorly understood. We examined the host and pathogen proteome in the CSF of adults with proven pneumococcal meningitis (PM), testing if there was an association ...