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ReviewThe Journal of antibiotics2019

Emergence and spread of resistant N. meningitidis implicated in invasive meningococcal diseases during the past decade (2008-2017).

Yassine Zouheir, Taha Atany, Najma Boudebouch

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Review in The Journal of antibiotics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Progression of antibiotic resistance inClinical microbiology reviews · 2025
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  3. Management and prevention of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in the context of evolving antimicrobial resistance trends.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  5. Estrogen Suppresses Cytokines Release in cc4821Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  6. Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular analysis of invasive Neisseria meningitidis recovered in the Republic of Ireland, 1996 to 2016.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yassine ZouheirLaboratory of Molecular Bacteriology Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco. yassine.zouheir@pasteur.ma.
Taha AtanyIndependent Researcher, Hassan II Univeristy, Casablanca, Morocco.
Najma BoudebouchLaboratory of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco.
Institut Pasteur du Maroc · MAUniversity of Hassan II Casablanca · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis is one of the most crucial causes of bacterial meningitis worldwide. The incidence of meningitis due to N. meningitidis greatly changes from one geographical area to the other: 500,000-1,200,000 invasive meningococcal diseases occur each year, with 50,000-135,000 deaths. Once the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is made, parenteral antibiotic treatment is started as soon as possible. A preventive treatment can also be proposed for those subjects at risk of exposure. Globally, resistance to antibiotics used in the treatment of prophylaxis of meningococcal disease is relatively rare. Penicillin is becoming less useful in the treatment of invasive meningococcal diseases because meningococcal isolates are increasingly less susceptible to this antibiotic. Meningococcal strains less susceptible to ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin are rare. In addition, resistance to rifampicin is not a current concern as resistant isolates are rarely reported. In conclusion, the emergence of new meningococcal strains with decreasing susceptibility during the last decade should not be ignored, as this could be a worrying phenomenon in the future and justifies a judicious epidemiological survey on a continuous basis.

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Drug Resistance, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsGlobal HealthHumansIncidenceMeningitis, MeningococcalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNeisseria meningitidisAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID30479393
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