ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023
Bacterial meningitis in Africa.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epidemiological distribution of bacterial meningitis infections in South Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes and economic burden of bacterial meningitis in Africa: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Epidemiological and Laboratory Evaluation of Central Nervous System Infections Using the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel in a Tertiary Care Hospital in İstanbul.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Treatment outcome and its predictors among patients with status epilepticus in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Review
- Trends in Meningitis Burden and Projections to 2040: A Secondary Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Value of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Bacterial Meningitis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in acute meningitis: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- Non-invasive meningitis screening in neonates and infants: multicentre international study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial resistance and microbiological gap analysis for central nervous system-assocaited bacterial pathogens in Nigeria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Diagnostic comparison of microbial culture and polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in a tertiary hospital, North West Ethiopia.IJID regions · 2025Article
- The evolving burden of childhood meningitis in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2021: a decomposition and frontier analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Trends in the global burden of childhood meningitis between 1990 and 2021 and projections to 2035: based on the global burden of diseases database 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Asymptomatic Pneumococcal Carriage, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Associated Risk Factors Among Paediatric Healthcare Workers in Benin.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Treatment outcome and determinant factors of bacterial meningitis at pediatric ward: a multicenter study from Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Low leucine levels in the blood enhance the pathogenicity of neonatal meningitis-causing Escherichia coli.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Exploring risk factors, etiology, and clinical outcomes of acute bacterial meningitis in children under 7 years in Oman.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage of multidrug resistant bacteria among children at University of Gondar Hospital Northwest Ethiopia Revealing Hidden Health Risks.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Acute phase proteins patterns as biomarkers in bacterial infection: Recent insights.Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
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Abstract
Bacterial meningitis differs globally, and the incidence and case fatality rates vary by region, country, pathogen, and age group; being a life-threatening disease with a high case fatality rate and long-term complications in low-income countries. Africa has the most significant prevalence of bacterial meningitis illness, and the outbreaks typically vary with the season and the geographic location, with a high incidence in the meningitis belt of the sub-Saharan area from Senegal to Ethiopia.
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