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Invasive pneumococcal disease in central Australia

Medical Journal of Australia, 1995
To document the incidence, case fatality, clinical and demographic features of invasive pneumococcal disease in central Australia.Invasive isolates from the regional central laboratory were prospectively recorded over five years and case notes retrospectively reviewed. Population denominators were calculated from national Census data from 1986 and 1991.
P J, Torzillo, J N, Hanna, F, Morey, M, Gratten, J, Dixon, J, Erlich   +5 more
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Invasive Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Disease

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019
This review focuses on current knowledge of the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of invasive pneumococcal (IPD) and meningococcal disease (IMD). IPD decreased significantly with the introduction of effective conjugate vaccines but is on the rise again.
Deirdre, Fitzgerald, Grant W, Waterer
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Jamaican children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 2004
A 5-year retrospective review of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease admitted to the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Jamaica was conducted. A total of 111 cases were identified. The estimated incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in Kingston and St Andrew was 21/100,000 children under the age of 10 years.
D, McGregor, M, Barton, S, Thomas, C D, Christie   +3 more
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Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Senegal

Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2015
We aimed to describe the clinical, epidemiological, and outcome characteristics of IPD case patients hospitalized at the Albert-Royer National Children's Hospital (French acronym CHNEAR) to evaluate the disease burden of IPDs in a pediatric hospital of Dakar (Senegal).All children aged 0-15 years hospitalized at the CHNEAR between January 1st, 2008 and
I D, Ba, A, Ba, P M, Faye, A, Thiongane, M, Attiyé Kane, A, Sonko, A, Diop, I, Deme Ly, F N, Diouf, O, Ndiaye, M M M, Leye, M F, Cissé, M, Ba   +12 more
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Invasive Pneumococcal disease in Singapore children

Vaccine, 2008
Our retrospective study examined community-acquired invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children admitted to KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.All pneumococcal isolates from sterile sites from 1997 to 2004 were surveyed.There were 147 positive pneumococcal isolates with a mean age of 45 months. The estimated incidence of IPD was 13.6 per
Chia-Yin, Chong, Thoon, Koh-Cheng, Mok, Yee-Hui, Tee Wen-Sim, Nancy   +3 more
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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and Clinically Suspected Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

Pediatrics, 2015
OBJECTIVE: Ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) was earlier shown to reduce clinically suspected, non–laboratory-confirmed invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a cluster-randomized trial (the Finnish Invasive Pneumococcal disease trial).
Nuorti Pekka J, Palmu Arto A., Nohynek Hanna, Rinta-Kokko Hanna, Nuorti J. Pekka, Jokinen Jukka, Toropainen Maija, Kilpi Terhi M.   +7 more
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Impact of pneumococcal vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in Taiwan

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2010
In Taiwan, the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) have been available since January 2001 and October 2005, respectively. A hospital-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a medical center was conducted from 2000 to 2008 to evaluate the epidemiologic changes ...
W-H, Liao, S-H, Lin, C-C, Lai, C-K, Tan, C-H, Liao, Y-T, Huang, C-Y, Wang, P-R, Hsueh   +7 more
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Trends in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease—Associated Hospitalizations

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006
The heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was licensed in the United States in 2000 for use in infants and children. Postlicensure surveillance revealed substantial regional and national decreases in invasive pneumococcal disease. It is not known whether widespread vaccine use has led to a concomitant decrease in invasive pneumococcal disease ...
Samir S, Shah, Adam J, Ratner
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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Pediatrics, 2002
Objective. Severe pneumococcal infections have been associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), usually with a poor clinical outcome when compared with Escherichia coli O157 gastroenteritis-associated (D+) HUS. We examined our experience with 12 cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated HUS (SP-HUS) and compare it with a cohort of diarrhea ...
John, Brandt, Craig, Wong, Susan, Mihm, Joan, Roberts, Jodi, Smith, Eileen, Brewer, Ravi, Thiagarajan, Bradley, Warady   +7 more
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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children in Tonga

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2017
In Tonga, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is not a scheduled immunization. We identified all children in Tonga with invasive pneumococcal disease from 2010 to 2013. The average annual invasive pneumococcal disease incidence rate was 113/100,000 (
Flora, Lutui, Cameron C, Grant, Emma, Best, Stephen, Howie, George, Aho   +4 more
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