Results 81 to 90 of about 18,104 (181)

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj  

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Lack of an association between spleen volume and risk of pneumococcal infection in cancer patients: a nested case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The spleen is a key organ in preventing pneumococcal infection, especially in patients with immunocompromised condition such as those with cancer.
Ibuki Kurihara, Hajime Yamazaki, Sakura Kato, Noriko Oyama-Manabe, Hitoshi Sugawara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental pneumococcal carriage in people living with HIV in Malawi: the first controlled human infection model in a key at-risk population [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research
Background: As well as suffering a high burden of pneumococcal disease people living with HIV (PLHIV) may contribute to community transmission in sub-Saharan African (sSA) settings.
Joseph Phiri, Anthony Chirwa, Klara Doherty, Neema Toto, Jesús Reiné, Vitumbiko S. Nkhoma, Dingase Dula, Lumbani Makhaza, John Ndaferankhande, Daniela M Ferreira, Peter Banda, Stephen B Gordon, Tarsizio Chikaonda, Kondwani Jambo, Edna Nsomba, Raphael Kamng'ona   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invasive pneumococcal disease

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2013
Praveena J. Gunaratnam, Robin E. Gilmour, Chris Lowbridge, Peter B. McIntyre   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Post-Vaccination Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Ghana. [PDF]

Diseases
Kotey FCN, Arhin RE, Dayie NTKD, Ampah EO, Abdul-Karim A, Baah DA, Afful RM, Tetteh-Ocloo G, Kom-Zuta RT, Tetteh FKM, Osei MM, Brew YNA, Nyarko MY, Asafo-Adjei K, Tetteh-Quarcoo PB, Tette EMA, Donkor ES.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance in Canada, 2023. [PDF]

Can Commun Dis Rep
Golden A, Griffith A, Lefebvre B, McGeer A, Tyrrell G, Kus J, Grant J, Minion J, Van Caeseele P, Desnoyers G, Haldane D, Yu Y, Ding X, Steven L, McFadzen J, Zhanel G, Primeau C, Martin I.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Evolving Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Australian Children: A Multicentre Retrospective Observational Study. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Williams PCM, Jones AH, Duguid R, Phuong LK, Gwee A, Johnston N, Butters C, Oftadeh S, Chen S, Koirala A, Homaira N, Kandasamy R, Bartlett AW, Jaffe A, McMullan B, Palasanthiran P, Wijeratne P, Britton P, Fathima P, Snelling TN, Sintchenko V, Jayasinghe S.   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source