Influenza Increases Invasive Meningococcal Disease Risk in Temperate Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Salomon ◽  
Isha Berry ◽  
Ashleigh R. Tuite ◽  
Steven Drews ◽  
Todd Hatchette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Meningococcal Disease Prevention and Control Strategies for Practice-based Physicians

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Invasive Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Control And Prevention

Localized outbreaks of meningococcal disease in the United States and Canada continue to cause serious alarm within communities as a result of the fulminating pattern of the disease, high mortality rate, and high incidence among adolescents. The increasing number of outbreaks since 1991 has raised questions about the management and prevention of further cases during an outbreak. The purpose of this statement is to guide primary-care physicians in their role in infection control and prevention of both sporadic cases and outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease. This statement provides information on the epidemiology of meningococcal disease, including definitions of sporadic, secondary, and coprimary cases, clusters of cases, and outbreaks. Data are presented on identification of cases, disease risk of contacts, and agents for chemoprophylaxis, and recommendations are given for: (1) risk assessment of contacts, (2) administration of chemoprophylaxis, (3) appropriate use of meningococcal vaccine, (4) appropriate use of the microbiology laboratory, (5) the necessity for timely and appropriate reporting of invasive meningococcal disease to local public health authorities, and (6) information on counseling and public education that may be helpful during an outbreak to minimize public anxiety. An additional section, "Information for Sharing," which uses a question-and-answer format and which may be helpful to parents and community and health care workers during an outbreak, is also provided.

scholarly journals Influenza increases invasive meningococcal disease risk in temperate countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 1257.e1-1257.e7 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Salomon ◽  
I. Berry ◽  
A.R. Tuite ◽  
S. Drews ◽  
T. Hatchette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Infection in Moscow

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
M. I. Gritsay ◽  
M. A. Koroleva ◽  
N. N. Fomkina ◽  
I. S. Koroleva
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Invasive Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Meningococcal Infection ◽  
Epidemic Process ◽  
Epidemiological Features ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics

Aims. The purpose of this study was to identify current epidemiological features of meningococcal infection in Moscow.Materials and methods. Cases of invasive meningococcal disease in Moscow from 2014 to 2018 and the biomaterial from patients with an invasive meningococcal disease were analyzed.Results. The features of the epidemic process of meningococcal disease in Moscow were revealed: increasing in the incidence rate involving teenagers and young adults into the epidemic process; meningococcal strains of serogroups W and A increased in the etiology of the invasive meningococcal disease; high mortality rate.Conclusions. It seems reasonable to recommend vaccination against meningococcal disease by including adolescents, young adults and persons over 65 years old.

scholarly journals A case of invasive meningococcal disease presenting as myopericarditis

2021 ◽  
pp. 100082
Author(s):  
Simon M Durkin ◽  
Clemency Britton ◽  
Graham S Cooke ◽  
Ravi Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
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