The prognosis of patients with advanced non small cell lung (NSCLC) cancer remains dismal. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor is over-expressed in many epithelial derived tumors and its role in the development and progression of NSCLC is widely documented. CimaVax-EGF is a therapeutic cancer vaccine composed by human recombinant Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) conjugated to a carrier protein, P64K ...

Differential modulation of NF-κB during meningococcal infection is critical in innate immune response to meningococcal disease. Non-invasive isolates of Neisseria meningitidis provoke a sustained NF-κB activation in epithelial cells. However, the hyperinvasive isolates of the ST-11 clonal complex (ST-11) only induce an early NF-κB activation followed by a sustained activation of JNK and apoptos...

BACKGROUND Bacterial meningitis is a fatal infectious disease of the central nervous system complicating intravascular involvements. Multiple microbleeds are rarely identified as complications because of the limited detection threshold of conventional imaging modalities. We report the first case of meningococcal meningitis with successful identification of multiple microbleeds in the cerebellum...

Haemophilus influenza (Hib) conjugates vaccine (HibCV) using a pentavalent formulation was introduced to Iranian routine immunization program from November 2014. Iran is preparing to include pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) as well. Assessing the impact of HibCV to provide evidences regarding sustained administration of this vaccine is necessary. There are different methods and study desi...

The incidence of invasive diseases, including meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was markedly decreased after routine immunization of Hib vaccine through diverse schedules in many countries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of Hib conjugate vaccines in Korean children before the implementation of a national immunization program agains...

The complement system plays a central part in both innate and acquired immunity, but the contribution of complement activation to pathobiology is largely ancillary. An exception to the non-dominant role of complement in disease is the haemolytic anaemia of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH). The intravascular haemolysis that is the clinical hallmark of PNH is a consequence of deficiency...

A 10-year review (1998 to 2007) of 3188 cases of bacterial meningitis noted that S. pneumoniae accounted for the greatest proportion of cases (58%), followed by group B. streptococcus (18.1%), N. meningitides (13.9%), H. influenzae (6.7%), and L. monocytogenes (3.4%). Among infants less than 3 months of age, group B Streptococcus and gramnegative rods account for most cases of ABM. After 3 mont...