Research & Literature

Disease Burden of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Netherlands Between June 1999 and June 2011: A Subjective Role for Serogroup and Clonal Complex.

Stoof SP, Rodenburg GD, Knol MJ, et al.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015; (61(8)):1281-92 doi:10.1093/cid/civ506.

Meningococcemia in Adults: A Review of the Literature.

Takada S, Fujiwara S, Inoue T, et al.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2016; (55(6)):567-72 doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.3272.

Neurological sequelae of bacterial meningitis.

Lucas MJ, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D

The Journal of infection 2016; (73(1)):18-27.

Self Mutilating Behaviour in Severe Meningococcal Infection; An Interesting Association.

Dinkar A, Singh J, Atam V, et al.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR 2016; (10(5)):OD03-4 doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/17719.7719.

Treatment of Meningococcal Disease.

Nadel S

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016; (59(2 Suppl)):S21-8.

Bacterial Meningitis in Patients using Immunosuppressive Medication: a Population-based Prospective Nationwide Study.

van Veen KEB, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D

Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 2017; (12(2)):213-218 doi:10.1007/s11481-016-9705-6.

Atypical clinical presentation of meningococcal meningitis: a case report.

Izzo I, Pileri P, Merello M, et al.

Le infezioni in medicina 2016; (24(3)):234-6.

Delayed recognition of fatal invasive meningococcal disease in adults.

Nagel FW, Ezeoke I, Antwi M, et al.

JMM case reports 2016; (3(3)):e005027 doi:10.1099/jmmcr.0.005027.

Comparison of the inflammatory response of brain microvascular and peripheral endothelial cells following infection with Neisseria meningitidis.

Dick J, Hebling S, Becam J, et al.

Pathogens and disease 2017; (75(5)) doi:10.1093/femspd/ftx038.

[Acute meningococcal disease in children and adolescents].

Nygaard U, Vissing NH, Steensen M, et al.

Ugeskrift for laeger 2017; (179(36)).

Mutilating Purpura Fulminans in an Adult with Meningococcal Sepsis.

Arnáiz-García ME, Arnáiz-García AM, Gutierrez-Diez F, et al.

Puerto Rico health sciences journal 2017; (36(3)):179-182.

Anti-inflammatory Drug Dexamethasone Treatment During the Remobilization Period Improves Range of Motion in a Rat Knee Model of Joint Contracture.

Kaneguchi A, Ozawa J, Yamaoka K

Inflammation 2018; (41(4)):1409-1423 doi:10.1007/s10753-018-0788-5.

Long-term health and socioeconomic consequences of childhood and adolescent onset of meningococcal meningitis.

Pickering L, Jennum P, Ibsen R, Kjellberg J

European journal of pediatrics 2018; (177(9)):1309-1315 doi:10.1007/s00431-018-3192-0.

Neisseria meningitidis Isolated in Vitreous Humor in a 5-Month-Old Infant Death From Meningococcal Sepsis.

Garland J, Philcox W, Kesha K, et al.

The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2019; (40(2)):175-177 doi:10.1097/PAF.0000000000000448.

[Clinical aspects and treatment of invasive meningococcal infections]

Parize P

La Revue du praticien 2016; (66(3)):270-274.

[Meningococcal sepsis without cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities under treatment with eculizumab].

Jentzsch M, Schwind S, Vucinic V, et al.

Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin 2020; (115(4)):340-342 doi:10.1007/s00063-019-0552-0.

Neisseria meningitidis and cytomegalovirus simultaneous detection in the filmarray meningitis/encephalitis panel and its clinical relevance.

Sorek N, Ashkenazi S, Livni G, Ben-Zvi H

IDCases 2019; (17()):e00516 doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00516.

Autopsy Biosafety: Recommendations for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease.

Brooks EG, Utley-Bobak SR

Academic forensic pathology 2018; (8(2)):328-339 doi:10.1177/1925362118782074.

Serogroup diversity and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis: Meningococcus infection monitoring in Belarus.

Kharkhal HN, Titov LP

Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica 2019; (66(4)):443-457 doi:10.1556/030.66.2019.018.

Lifetime costs of invasive meningococcal disease: A Markov model approach.

Wang B, Haji Ali Afzali H, Giles L, Marshall H

Vaccine 2019; (37(46)):6885-6893 doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.060.

Neisseria meningitidis Induced Fatal Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome in a Patient Presenting With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Multiple Organ Failure.

Wu MY, Chen CS, Tsay CY, et al.

Brain sciences 2020; (10(3)) doi:10.3390/brainsci10030171.

Meningococcal disease and sexual transmission: urogenital and anorectal infections and invasive disease due to Neisseria meningitidis.

Ladhani SN, Lucidarme J, Parikh SR, et al.

Lancet (London, England) 2020; (395(10240)):1865-1877 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30913-2.

Pediatric bacterial meningitis and meningococcal disease profile in a Brazilian General Hospital.

Blanco BP, Branas PCAA, Yoshioka CRM, Ferronato AE

The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases 2020; (24(4)):337-342 doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2020.06.001.

A Comprehensive Review of Meningococcal Disease Burden in India.

Dutta AK, Swaminathan S, Abitbol V, et al.

Infectious diseases and therapy 2020; (9(3)):537-559 doi:10.1007/s40121-020-00323-4.

Meningococcus, this famous unknown.

Dos Santos Souza I, Ziveri J, Bouzinba-Segard H, et al.

Comptes rendus biologies 2021; (344(2)):127-143 doi:10.5802/crbiol.56.

Genome-wide association studies reveal the role of polymorphisms affecting factor H binding protein expression in host invasion by Neisseria meningitidis.

Earle SG, Lobanovska M, Lavender H, et al.

PLoS pathogens 2021; (17(10)):e1009992 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009992.

Penicillin- and Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Invasive Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from Japan.

Saito R, Nakajima J, Prah I, et al.

Microbiology spectrum 2022; (10(3)):e0062722 doi:10.1128/spectrum.00627-22.

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Among Umrah Pilgrims: Circulating Serogroups and Antibiotic Resistance.

Yezli S, Yassin Y, Mushi A, et al.

Infection and drug resistance 2022; (15()):4685-4696 doi:10.2147/IDR.S375096.

Progress and Challenges in Bacterial Meningitis: A Review.

Hasbun R

JAMA 2022; (328(21)):2147-2154 doi:10.1001/jama.2022.20521.

Meningococcal serogroup B vaccination series initiation in the United States: A real-world claims data analysis.

Packnett ER, Zimmerman NM, Novy P, et al.

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2023; (19(1)):2165382 doi:10.1080/21645515.2023.2165382.

Meningococcemia in an 11 Months Old Infant.

Shrestha R, Karki S, Khadka M, et al.

Case reports in infectious diseases 2023; (2023()):8951318 doi:10.1155/2023/8951318.

Cerebrovascular complications in patients with community-acquired bacterial meningitis: occurrence and associated factors in the COMBAT multicenter prospective cohort.

Benadji A, Debroucker T, Martin-Blondel G, et al.

BMC infectious diseases 2023; (23(1)):376 doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08320-x.

Meningococcal B Immunisation in Adults and Potential Broader Immunisation Strategies: A Narrative Review.

Kassianos G, Barasheed O, Abbing-Karahagopian V, et al.

Infectious diseases and therapy 2023; (12(9)):2193-2219 doi:10.1007/s40121-023-00836-8.

Not Only Meningitis but Also Epiglottitis: An Emerging Clinical Presentation of Invasive Meningococcal Disease.

Deghmane AE, Taha S, Taha MK

Open forum infectious diseases 2024; (11(1)):ofad615 doi:10.1093/ofid/ofad615.

An isothermal CRISPR- based lateral flow assay for detection of Neisseria meningitidis.

Huyen DT, Reboud J, Quyen DT, et al.

Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials 2024; (23(1)):28 doi:10.1186/s12941-024-00688-1.

Life After Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Insights from Survivors and Their Caregivers.

Herrera-Restrepo O, Afroz N, Cabrera ES, et al.

Infectious diseases and therapy 2024; (13(12)):2563-2579 doi:10.1007/s40121-024-01060-8.

Quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate booster vaccination in children aged 10-12 years: phase III randomized trial complementary analysis of immune persistence 3-6 years after priming.

Peterson J, Galarza K, Bchir S, et al.

Pediatric research 2025; (97(6)):1800-1802 doi:10.1038/s41390-024-03760-w.

[Community acquired bacterial meningitis in adults].

Madlener M, Joost I

Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) 2025; (66(2)):190-198 doi:10.1007/s00108-025-01851-2.

Adjunctive dexamethasone and 30-day all-cause death after hospital admission in paediatric pneumococcal meningitis: a propensity score analysis.

Giolito A, Levy C, Varon E, et al.

The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2025; (9(4)):255-261 doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00029-X.

Bacterial Meningitis.

Bulaeva A, Derber C

The Medical clinics of North America 2025; (109(3)):587-599 doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2024.12.012.

Chronic meningococcal disease: Systematic literature review.

Schulz LP, Gatti B, Milani GP, et al.

Journal of infection and public health 2025; (18(11)):102900 doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102900.

Meningococcal Septic Shock Revealed: The Frightening Face of Serogroup B.

Inceli BH, Penezoglu DN, Havan M, et al.

Cureus 2025; (17(8)):e89950 doi:10.7759/cureus.89950.

Long-term Impact of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Australian Adolescents and Young Adults.

McMillan M, Buttery J, Angliss M, et al.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2026; (45(1)):17-23 doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000004962.

High risk and low incidence diseases: Meningococcal disease.

Cejin MC, Koyfman A, Long B

The American journal of emergency medicine 2026; (99()):114-122 doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2025.09.031.

Atypical Presentation of Meningococcemia as Gastroenteritis in an Adult: A Case Report.

Al-Anbagi U, Saad A, Ibrahim T, Nashwan AJ

Cureus 2025; (17(9)):e92126 doi:10.7759/cureus.92126.

Use of the GSK MenACWY-CRM/MenB-4C Pentavalent Meningococcal Vaccine Among Persons Aged ≥10 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2025.

Amin AB, Collins JP, Dong X, et al.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2026; (75(1)):7-14 doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7501a2.