Meningococcal Meningitis

231  relevant articles (11 outcomes, 17 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Meningitis, Meningococcal; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup A; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup B; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup C; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W-135; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W135; Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup Y; Meningitis, Meningococcic; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup A; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup B; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup C; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W-135; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W135; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup Y; Serogroup A Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroup B Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroup C Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroup W-135, Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroup W135, Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroup Y, Meningococcal Meningitis; Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W 135; Serogroup W 135, Meningococcal Meningitis

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Bacteremia
2.	Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
3.	Neurologic Manifestations (Neurological Manifestations)
4.	Meningitis
5.	Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

Experts

1.	Patel, M: 3 articles (01/2005 - 01/2000)
2.	Lee, C K: 2 articles (01/2005 - 01/2001)
3.	Lear, S: 1 article (11/2006)
4.	Borrow, R: 1 article (11/2006)
5.	Eren, E: 1 article (11/2006)
6.	Findlow, J: 1 article (11/2006)
7.	Jolles, S: 1 article (11/2006)
8.	Webster, D: 1 article (11/2006)
9.	Alberti, K P: 1 article (07/2005)
10.	Corty, J F: 1 article (07/2005)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Meningococcal Meningitis:

1.	Ceftriaxone (Ceftriaxon)FDA LinkGeneric 06/01/1988 - "Therapeutic results presented in this study are consistent with findings reported in similar conditions, and agree for shortened treatment of meningococcal meningitis with ceftriaxone." 06/01/1988 - "In an open study, twenty cases of meningococcal meningitis have been treated by ceftriaxone for five days. " 07/23/2005 - "INTERPRETATION: Single-dose ceftriaxone provides an alternative treatment for epidemic meningococcal meningitis--its efficacy, ease of use, and low cost favour its use. " 10/06/2004 - "The patient made a dramatic recovery with high-dose intravenous ceftriaxone antibiotic therapy for meningococcal meningitis. " 05/01/1999 - "The systematic use of ceftriaxone in infants, during meningococcal meningitis either epidemics or not, is highly recommended." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin)FDA Link 01/01/1984 - "The results of this preliminary study show that a single dose injection of a long-acting chloramphenicol is of value in the management of epidemics of meningococcal meningitis in rural areas because patients can be treated locally and early in their village dispensaries, thereby minimizing the need to transport them to urban hospitals which are often distant and congested." 12/01/2006 - "The treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics is based on short-course, long-acting oily chloramphenicol. " 09/24/1998 - "meningitidis isolates is of great concern, since in developing countries, chloramphenicol given intramuscularly is the standard therapy for meningococcal meningitis. " 09/05/1998 - "Long-acting oily chloramphenicol for meningococcal meningitis." 01/01/1979 - "Long-acting chloramphenicol is thus an effective form of treatment for meningococcal meningitis and is likely to prove of particular value in the management of epidemics in areas with limited medical resources." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)IBA 01/01/2000 - "OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of meningococcal meningitis and the effects of antibiotics on laboratory investigations under current clinical practices in England and Wales. " 01/01/1995 - "Partially treated meningococcal meningitis was suspected and high-dose antibiotics were immediately started. " 10/01/1992 - "[Comparative effectiveness of various antibiotics in the treatment of patients with meningococcal meningitis]" 11/01/1985 - "One had apparent meningococcal meningitis that sterilized without antibiotic therapy, and one had persistent low grade bacteremia that cleared within 48 hours after institution of parenteral antibiotics. " 06/01/2004 - "OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy to antibiotics in children with meningococcal meningitis. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Meningococcal Vaccines (Meningococcal Vaccine)IBA 08/07/1982 - "Many studies have demonstrated the efficacy of meningococcal vaccine in nonepidemic meningococcal meningitis, but few have examined its efficacy in epidemic conditions. " 01/01/2003 - "Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which is protective at all ages when administered as directed. " 10/01/1979 - "Cell-mediated immunity was studied in patients with group A meningococcal meningitis and in normal subjects given group A meningococcal vaccine. " 07/01/1975 - "Control of meningococcal meningitis with meningococcal vaccines." 11/01/2002 - "Search terms included, but were not limited to, meningococcal vaccines, meningococcal meningitis, meningococcal infection, and meningococcus. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	CortisoneIBA 11/14/1955 - "[Primarily mixed tuberculous and meningococcal meningitis; antibiotic and cortisone trial therapy.]" 09/01/1956 - "[Diabetic acidosis and severe meningococcal meningitis; unexpected results with autonomic block and cortisone.]" 04/10/1954 - "[Meningococcal meningitis with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome cured with cortisone and antibiotics.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	LatexIBA 10/01/2008 - "All samples from suspected cases of meningococcal meningitis were subjected to Gram staining, culture and latex agglutination test for detection of Neisseria meningitidis (N.meningitidis). " 01/01/1998 - "The latex agglutination test is highly useful in achieving prompt diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis, in particular when sample handling for culture and microscopy is suboptimal." 01/01/1992 - "During an outbreak of group A meningococcal meningitis in Chad in 1988, a comparative study of three bacteriological techniques (direct microscopic examination, latex agglutination, and culture) was conducted with 120 samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for diagnosis. " 09/16/1989 - "Comparison of gram stain and latex agglutination for diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis." 06/01/1986 - "Comparison of direct-microscopy, culture and latex agglutination tests for the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Dexamethasone (Maxidex)FDA LinkGeneric 06/01/2004 - "CONCLUSION: Dexamethasone was not proven to be effective in decreasing the number of sequelae among patients with meningococcal meningitis." 06/01/2004 - "METHOD: A total of 81 children diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis hospitalized in sequence were studied at the University Hospital of São Paulo University, with the objective of evaluating the presence of sequelae in four different groups of patients, following the administration of dexamethasone: Group I - 25 patients who received the first dose at least 10 minutes before the introduction of the antibiotic therapy; Group II - 19 patients who received the corticosteroid concomitantly; Group III - 14 patients for which the dexamethasone was administered after beginning the antibiotic scheme; Group IV - 23 patients that did not receive dexamethasone. " 06/01/2004 - "Sequelae from meningococcal meningitis in children: a critical analysis of dexamethasone therapy." 01/01/2004 - "Does early administration of dexamethasone improve neurological outcome in children with meningococcal meningitis?" 07/01/2000 - "Dexamethasone use in adult meningococcal meningitis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Rifampin (Rifampicin)FDA LinkGeneric 05/01/1981 - "The high therapeutic efficacy of rifampicin in treatment of patients with the generalized forms of meningococcal meningitis enables its recommendation for the use as a reserve drug. " 05/01/1981 - "Satisfactory permeability of rifampicin through the hematoencephalic barrier was shown in experimental rabbit meningococcal meningitis and in treatment of patients with meningococcal meningitis. " 11/01/1973 - "Meningococcal meningitis following rifampin prophylaxis." 03/01/1993 - "OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis and the impact of rifampicin chemoprophylaxis on secondary attack rates among Aboriginal people in central Australia. " 07/01/2009 - "Resistances to rifampicin or to ciprofloxacin, recommended in meningococcal meningitis prophylaxis, were unusual, but had to be documented. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Ampicillin (Omnipen)FDA LinkGeneric 07/01/1976 - "A previously healthy 6-year-old boy who presented with meningococcal meningitis responded favorably to ampicillin, but suffered two and possibly three repeat attacks in the ensuing month. " 01/01/1982 - "Intramuscular compared with intravenous ampicillin in the treatment of meningococcal meningitis." 11/02/1976 - "[Therapeutic failure of ampicillin during meningococcal meningitis]" 01/01/1988 - "Sulbactam/ampicillin in the treatment of epidemic meningococcal meningitis in northern Nigeria." Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	Superoxide DismutaseIBA 01/01/1990 - "The patients with meningococcal meningitis and with the mixed form of medium gravity manifested impairment of the interrelations between superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase to hydrogen peroxide, with that impairment being eliminated by the end of the disease. " Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Intramuscular Injections 01/01/1984 - "A field trial of a single intramuscular injection of long-acting chloramphenicol in the treatment of meningococcal meningitis." 06/01/1977 - "Pharmacokinetics of sodium benzylpenicillin after intramuscular administration in a dose of 250 000 gamma/kg and simultaneous intramuscular injection of furosemid (lazix) in doses of 0.5--1--2 mg/kg was studied in experiments on a model of meningococcal meningitis of rabbits and in clinics on patients with meningococcal meningitis. " 01/01/1963 - "[Results observed after a single intramuscular injection of sulfamethoxypyridazine in the treatment of cerebrospinal meningococcal meningitis in the Upper Volta.]" 01/01/1984 - "During an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis 86 patients with symptoms and signs of meningitis were treated with a single intramuscular injection of a long-acting oily preparation of chloramphenicol (Tifomycine). " 01/01/2008 - "Evidence from one RCT-during an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis, indicated that single intramuscular injections of ceftriaxone and long-acting chloramphenicol were equally effective and safe in preventing mortality and morbidity. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Nursing Care 01/03/1980 - "Nursing care study: a patient with meningococcal meningitis." 01/01/1983 - "[Nursing care in meningococcal meningitis]" 04/01/1975 - "[Nursing care report of an educational observation (Meningococcal meningitis)]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Chemoprevention 04/01/2002 - "(1) Prevention of meningococcal meningitis is based on vaccination, and chemoprophylaxis in case contacts. " 08/01/1992 - "Chemoprophylaxis was distributed to 20 out of 26 (77%) cases of meningococcal meningitis but inappropriate drugs were used in four cases and prophylaxis was distributed more widely than is recommended in 10 cases. " 10/05/1985 - "[Chemoprevention in meningococcal meningitis. " 07/01/1981 - "Recurrent meningococcal meningitis caused by poly groups X-W135: importance of chemoprophylaxis." 05/01/1970 - "The chemoprophylaxis of meningococcal meningitis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 08/01/1988 - "Short course chemotherapy for meningococcal meningitis." 05/12/1976 - "A brief survey is presented of meningococcal meningitis, its history, its chemotherapy, the appearance of resistant bacterial strains, and its vaccine therapy. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Transplants (Transplant) 04/01/2009 - "Routine and specific vaccinations for solid organ transplant recipients, as well as travel-related vaccination (such as hepatitis A, typhoid, meningococcal meningitis, rabies, tick-born encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, and cholera) should be considered during a specific pretravel medical consultation. " Order ALL the reference details at left...