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Common NFKBIL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease: a genetic association study. [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major global health problem and a leading cause of death in children worldwide. The factors that influence development of pneumococcal sepsis remain poorly understood, although increasing evidence points ...
Rautanen, Anna, Moore, CE, Davies, RJ, J Scott, Adrian VS Hill, Shelley Segal, Berkley, James, Hill, Adrian, Chiea C Khor, Andrew Walley, Catrin E Moore, Hill, AVS, Peshu, N, Davies, Robert JO, Scott, John, Williams, TN, Chapman, Stephen J, James A Berkley, Segal, S, Rautanen, A, Hill, AV, Scott, J Anthony, Fredrik O Vannberg, Walley, A, Khor, Chiea C, Vannberg, Fredrik O, Davies, RJO, Khor, CC, Derrick W Crook, Crook, DW, Moore, Catrin E, Berkley, James A, Segal, Shelley, Berkley, JA, Norbert Peshu, Hill, Adrian VS, Crook, Derrick W, Thomas N Williams, Day, Nicholas P, Day, NP, Vannberg, FO, Peshu, Norbert, Chapman, SJ, Scott, JA, Stephen J Chapman, Nicholas P Day, Anna Rautanen, Williams, Thomas N, Day, Nicholas, Walley, Andrew, Williams, Thomas, Robert JO Davies   +51 more
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Clinical outcome of pneumococcal meningitis during the emergence of pencillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: an observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Prior to the availability of generic third-generation cephalosporins, penicillins were widely used for treatment of pneumococcal meningitis in developing countries despite concerns about rising levels of penicillin resistance among ...
Gouveia Edilane L, Reis Joice N, Flannery Brendan, Cordeiro Soraia M, Lima Josilene BT, Pinheiro Ricardo M, Salgado Kátia, Mascarenhas Ana, Carvalho M Gloria, Beall Bernard W, Reis Mitermayer G, Ko Albert I   +11 more
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Delayed cerebral thrombosis complicating pneumococcal meningitis: an autopsy study

Annals of Intensive Care, 2018
Background Delayed cerebral thrombosis (DCT) is a devastating cerebrovascular complication in patients with excellent initial recovery of pneumococcal meningitis.
Joo-Yeon Engelen-Lee, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Eleonora Aronica, Diederik van de Beek   +3 more
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Pneumococcal meningitis in adults in 2014–2018 after introduction of pediatric 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Japan

Scientific Reports, 2022
We assessed the impact of the pediatric 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal meningitis in adults in Japan in 2014–2018 by comparing epidemiological characteristics of adults with invasive pneumococcal disease with (n = 222 ...
Bin Chang, Kosuke Tamura, Hiroyuki Fujikura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Tanabe, Koji Kuronuma, Jiro Fujita, Kengo Oshima, Takaya Maruyama, Shuichi Abe, Kei Kasahara, Junichiro Nishi, Tetsuya Kubota, Yuki Kinjo, Yusuke Serizawa, Reiko Shimbashi, Munehisa Fukusumi, Tomoe Shimada, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Motoi Suzuki, Kazunori Oishi, the Adult IPD Study Group   +21 more
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Pneumococcal antibody concentrations and carriage of pneumococci more than 3 years after infant immunization with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: A 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-9), given in a 3-dose schedule, protected Gambian children against pneumococcal disease and reduced nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci of vaccine serotypes.
Greenwood, Brian M, Godwin C. Enwere, Brown J Okoko, Nsekpong, Ekpedeme D, Godwin C Enwere, Ekpedeme D Nsekpong, Syed M. A. Zaman, Aderonke A. Odutola, Saaka, Mark, Zaman, Syed MA, Akinsola, Adebayo K, Richard A. Adegbola, Syed M A Zaman, Adebayo K. Akinsola, Aderonke A Odutola, Richard A Adegbola, Martin O. C. Ota, Okoko, Brown J, Odutola, Aderonke A, Martin O C Ota, Cutts, Felicity T, Felicity T Cutts, Ekpedeme D. Nsekpong, Felicity T. Cutts, Adebayo K Akinsola, Brown J. Okoko, Enwere, Godwin C, Brian M Greenwood, Mark Saaka, Adegbola, Richard A, Brian M. Greenwood, Ota, Martin OC   +31 more
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A CASE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1908
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Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005. [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines into the United Kingdom's routine immunization programmes is expected to change the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).
Dance, DA, Smith, M. D., George, RC, Waight, P., Christensen, H, South West Pneumococcus Study Group, George, R. C., Ihekweazu, Chikwe A., Smith, MD, Stuart, J. M., Dance, DAB, Stuart, JM, SW Pneumococcal Group, Cartwright, KAV, Ihekweazu, CA, Dance, D. A.B., Cartwright, KA, Pebody, R, Christensen, H., Pebody, R., Waight, P, Fletcher, Margaret   +21 more
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Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae in COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Brazil

Microorganisms
Despite the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a cause of invasive diseases in Brazil. This study provides the distribution of serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for pneumococcal isolates before ...
Samanta C. G. Almeida, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Cássio de Moraes, Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone   +4 more
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Disease Burden of Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Among Under-Fives in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of meningitis, with a case fatality of up to about 50%. Children younger than 5 years are at greater risk for pneumococcal meningitis compared with other populations.
Biying Wang, Wanjing Lin, Chen Qian, Youyi Zhang, Genming Zhao, Weibing Wang, Tao Zhang   +6 more
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Genome analysis of a highly virulent serotype 1 strain of streptococcus pneumoniae from West Africa [PDF]

, 2012
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia, estimated to cause 2 million deaths annually. The majority of pneumococcal mortality occurs in developing countries, with serotype 1 a leading cause in these areas.
Loman Nicholas J., Martin Antonio, Nicholas J Loman, Tiffany M. Williams (126277), Richard A. Adegbola (20657), Pallen, Mark J., Tiffany M. Williams, Weinstock, George M, Mark J. Pallen, Williams, Tiffany M., Loman, Nicholas J., Weinstock, George M., Martin Antonio (42317), Musher, Daniel M., George M. Weinstock, Musher Daniel M., Richard A. Adegbola, Adegbola, Richard A., Richard A Adegbola, Mark J Pallen, George M Weinstock, Daniel M. Musher, Loman, Nicholas J, Nicholas J. Loman (126279), Ebruke Chinelo, Pallen, Mark J, Weinstock George M., Tiffany M Williams, Antonio Martin, Williams, Tiffany M, Ebruke, Chinelo, Daniel M Musher, Mark J. Pallen (8904), Williams Tiffany M., Adegbola Richard A., Pallen Mark J., George M. Weinstock (43281), Daniel M. Musher (126285), Adegbola, Richard A, Chinelo Ebruke (126282), Musher, Daniel M, Antonio, Martin, Nicholas J. Loman, Chinelo Ebruke   +43 more
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