Explore the critical intersection of immunocompromised health and infectious disease control in our deep dive into a decade of meningococcal disease surveillance among HIV-positive individuals in the US.
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Meningococcal Disease in Persons With HIV Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2009-2019.
Rudmann et al., Open Forum Infect Dis 2024
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad696
Oh, brace yourselves for a revelation that will shock absolutely no one: Persons with HIV (PWH) are more likely to get bacterial infections. And hold onto your hats, because it turns out they’re particularly chummy with a nasty bug called invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). But fear not, we’ve crunched a decade’s worth of Active Bacterial Core surveillance data (2009-2019) to confirm what we already suspected. Drumroll, please… PWH are 6 times more likely to be graced by the presence of IMD. Who would’ve thought, right? Science, folks—it never ceases to amaze with its ability to state the obvious with such precision.