Pneumococcal meningitis
A rare infectious disease of the nervous system caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae which is commonly part of the bacterial flora colonizing the nasopharyngeal mucosa. The disease is clinically characterized by typical symptoms of acute leptomeningitis like fever headache neck stiffness vomiting and clouding of consciousness. It is frequently fatal and in surviving patients often accompanied by long-term sequelae especially focal neurological deficits hearing loss cognitive impairment and epilepsy.
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Pneumococcal meningitis?
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Advocacy Organizations
COMBINEDBrain Inc
COMBINEDBrain is a consortium for outcome measures and biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders. We are collaborating to cure rare, non-verbal brain disorders.
Genetic Epilepsy Team Australia
Collaboration of research and care
Moonshots for Unicorns
Curing single-gene disorders
Project CASK
To fund research for treatment and/or a cure for CASK Gene Disorder
Clinical Trials
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