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Risk for Invasive Streptococcal Infections among Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2002–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
The risk for invasive streptococcal infection has not been clearly quantified among persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). We compared the incidence of detected cases of invasive group A Streptococcus infection, group B Streptococcus infection, and ...
Emily Mosites, Tammy Zulz, Dana Bruden, Leisha Nolen, Anna Frick, Louisa Castrodale, Joseph McLaughlin, Chris Van Beneden, Thomas W. Hennessy, Michael G. Bruce   +9 more
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Herd effects of child vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal non-invasive community-acquired pneumonia: What is the evidence?

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Quantification of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) herd effects are mainly performed on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) but there is conflicting evidence regarding herd effects of PCVs on non-IPD pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia.
Cornelis H. van Werkhoven
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Kawasaki Disease and Invasive Pneumococcal Infection [PDF]

SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 2020
Emi Kijima, Haruka Yamamura, Mari Okada, Masayuki Nagasawa   +3 more
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Pediatric cases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), leading to high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although nonvaccine serotypes constitute a major issue in the aspect of invasive pneumococcal disease, serotypes included in PCV13 ...
Aslinur Ozkaya-Parlakay, Meltem Polat, Belgin Gulhan, Saliha Kanik-Yuksek, Hasan Tezer, Selin Nar-Otgun   +5 more
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In-vitro and in-vivo expression analysis of pneumococcal vaccine candidates: pilus-1 components [PDF]

, 2011
Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a Gram-positive commensal of the nasopharyngeal tract of both children and healthy adults. However, S. pneumoniae is also a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, being responsible for non-invasive
De Angelis, Gabriella
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Vaccination in Adults with 23 valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine –ABC: Awareness, Benefits and Clinical Aspects

Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
Pneumococcus is an important cause of community acquired pneumonia and the commonest cause of community acquired bacterial pneumonia. It also causes invasive pneumococcal disease that increases hospitalization rates, economic burden, morbidity and ...
Salil Bendre, Vikrant Tari, Varsha Narayanan   +2 more
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The burden of pneumococcal disease in children less than 5 years of age in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2011
Background and Objective: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in both developing and industrialized countries, especially among young children and in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals.
Howidi Mohammad, Muhsin Haider, Rajah Jaishen   +2 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease caused by non-vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 24B in an immunocompetent child

Radiology Case Reports
Invasive pneumococcal disease typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, although some vaccine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been reported to cause invasive pneumococcal disease in immunocompetent vaccine recipients.
Naotaka Tamai, MD, Masayoshi Shinjoh, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Oikawa, MD, Riku Hamada, MD, Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD, Goro Koinuma, MD, Takao Takahashi, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines of Different Valences Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Children in Taiwan A Nationwide Study

, 2017
Background: For the scarcity of data, we investigated the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the combined use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) of different valences against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children.
呂俊毅;賴美淑;李秉穎;張鑾英, Su, Wei-Ju;Lo, Hsiu-Yun;Chang, Chia-Hsuin;Chang, Luan-Yin;Chiu, Cheng-Hsun;Lee, Ping-Ing;Lu, Chun-Yi;Hsieh, Yu-Chia;Lai, Mei-Shu;Lin, Tzou-Yien   +1 more
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Serotype distribution of invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal disease in adults ≥65 years of age following the introduction of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in infant national immunization programs: a systematic literature review

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionDespite the widespread implementation of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in infant national immunization programs and anticipated herd effects, pneumococcal disease incidence remains relatively high among older adults.
Patricia Izurieta, Dorota Borys
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