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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Ten-Year Retrospective Review of Medical Records of Patients Admitted with Meningitis or Encephalitis at Five Hospitals in the United States Highlights the Potential for Under-Ascertainment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease.

Julio Ramirez, Stephen Furmanek, Thomas Chandler, Josue Prado, Lisa R Harper, Steven Shen, Raffaella Iantomasi, Jessica V Presa, Mohammad Ali, Jamie Findlow and 2 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Julio RamirezNorton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY 40203, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7801-5374
Stephen FurmanekNorton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY 40203, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9112-2860
Thomas ChandlerNorton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY 40203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2284-6213
Josue PradoNorton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY 40203, USA.
Lisa R HarperGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5866-7295
Steven ShenGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
Raffaella IantomasiGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2101-2476
Jessica V PresaGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8723-8980
Mohammad AliEvidence Generation and Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
Jamie FindlowGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5153-4043
Jennifer C MoïsiGlobal Vaccines Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
Frederick J AnguloMedical Evidence Group, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3120-7704

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laboratory confirmation of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) relies on detection of

Indexed as

EncephalitisMeningitis, MeningococcalMeningococcal InfectionsNeisseria meningitidisAdolescentAdultAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospitalsHumansInfantKentuckyMaleAnti-Bacterial Agentsbacterial culturecerebrospinal fluidlaboratory diagnosticsmeningitisspecimen collection

Identifiers

PMID41156573
PMCPMC12567064

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