Characterization of Unusual Serogroups of .

Most cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Europe are caused by isolates of the serogroups B, C, W, and Y. We aimed to explore cases caused by other unusual serogroups. We retrospectively screened IMD cases in the databases of the National Reference Center for Meningococci and in France between 2014 and 2023.

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

The rebound of invasive meningococcal disease cases in France since the fall of 2022 was accompanied by an increase in adult epiglottitis. These cases were provoked mainly by isolates of serogroup W belonging to the clonal complex 11 of Awareness and surveillance should be reinforced.

The rapid rebound of invasive meningococcal disease in France at the end of 2022.

Background: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases declined upon the implementation of non-pharmaceutical measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. A rebound in IMD cases was feared upon easing these measures.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study using the French National Reference Center Database for meningococci between 2015 and 2022.

Impact of mandatory vaccination against serogroup C meningococci in targeted and non-targeted populations in France.

Since January 2018, mandatory vaccination against meningococci serogroup C has been implemented in France for children <2 years with a recommended catch-up vaccination until the age of 24 years. We aimed to analyse the impact of mandatory vaccination on populations not targeted by it (2-24 years old). We used the database of the national reference centre for meningococci to collect the number of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases before (2016-2017) and after (2018-2019) the mandatory vaccination.

Global epidemiology and changing clinical presentations of invasive meningococcal disease: a narrative review.

(the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide through an epidemic or sporadic invasive infections. The epidemiology of is changing and unpredictable. Certain emerging meningococcal genotypes seem to be associated with increasing unusual clinical presentations.

[The popular identity of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: An integrative review].

Context : The current COVID-19 context has placed nurses at the heart of the pandemic, due to the critical role they play within the population. However, media and professional discourses are influencing the identity and clinical practice of nurses.Objective : Review the literature on the construction of the popular identity of nurses and their roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Context : The current COVID-19 context has placed nurses at the heart of the pandemic, due to the critical role they play within the population. However, media and professional discourses are influencing the identity and clinical practice of nurses.Objective : Review the literature on the construction of the popular identity of nurses and their roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advocating for LGBTQ+ older adults: a review of the role of executive nurses.

Over the past four decades, the number of people aged over 60 years has increased worldwide, and within this population there has been a proportional increase in people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Executive nurses have an important leadership role in challenging heterocisnormative care practices in healthcare environments that affect the well-being of older adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and others (LGBTQ+). This article reports on the findings of a secondary analysis of data extracted from an earlier scoping review to provide recommendations for executive nurses on how to advocate for LGBTQ+ older adults and create safe and inclusive healthcare environments for them.

[Recommendations to Nursing Practice with Sexual and Gender Diversity Older Adults : A Scoping Review].

Context : The elder population is growing up and sexual and gender diversity older adults (SGDOA) live discrimination from healthcare professionals. In this context, this scoping review sought to describe the extent of knowledge about nursing practice among SGDOA and to synthesize the implications for clinical nursing practice. Method : The scoping review method according to the framework of Peters et al.

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Context : The elder population is growing up and sexual and gender diversity older adults (SGDOA) live discrimination from healthcare professionals. In this context, this scoping review sought to describe the extent of knowledge about nursing practice among SGDOA and to synthesize the implications for clinical nursing practice.Method : The scoping review method according to the framework of Peters et al.

[The meaning of caregiving experience lived by Lebanese family caregivers of stroke survivors at home].

Unlabelled: Introduction six million of deaths are due today to stroke, while stroke survivors will depend on their caregivers at home.

Background: As the literature noted in, these caregivers meet challenges and satisfactions, encouraging them to resort to adaptation strategies in order to cope with their care situation.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe and understand the experience of Lebanese family caregivers who take care at home of a relative stroke survivor.