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Use of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to evaluate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2005
Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children. The poor specificity of chest radiographs (CXRs) to diagnose pneumococcal pneumonia may underestimate the efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia.The ...
Shabir A Madhi, Jayvant R Heera, Locadiah Kuwanda, Keith P Klugman   +3 more
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Pneumonia and Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases: The Role of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in the Era of Multi-Drug Resistance

Vaccines, 2021
Streptococcus pneumoniae related diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children and in the elderly population. It is transmitted to other individuals through droplets and it can spread to other parts of the human host ...
Chiara Scelfo, F. Menzella, Matteo Fontana, Giulia Ghidoni, C. Galeone, N. Facciolongo   +5 more
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Recommendation for use of the newly introduced pneumococcal protein conjugate vaccines in Korea [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2011
Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a leading cause of invasive infections including bacteremia and meningitis, as well as mucosal infections such as otitis media and pneumonia among children and adults.
Eun Hwa Choi, Kyung Hyo Kim, Yae Jean Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, Su Eun Park, Hoan Jong Lee, Byung Wook Eun, Dae Sun Jo, Kyong Min Choi, Young Jin Hong   +9 more
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Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of a 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20) in Adults 60 to 64 Years of Age

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have significantly decreased pneumococcal disease worldwide; however, expanding serotype coverage may further reduce disease burden.
D. Hurley, C. Griffin, Mariano M Young, D. Scott, M. Pride, Ingrid L Scully, John Ginis, Joseph M. Severs, K. Jansen, W. Gruber, W. Watson   +10 more
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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination Followed by Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination in Lung Transplant Candidates and Recipients

Transplantation Direct, 2020
Background. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination as well as pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination are recommended for lung transplant candidates and recipients, but the combination of these vaccines has not been extensively studied in these specific ...
Thijs W. Hoffman, MD, Bob Meek, PhD, Ger T. Rijkers, PhD, Jan C. Grutters, MD, PhD, Diana A. van Kessel, MD, PhD   +4 more
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High residual carriage of vaccine-serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Malawi

Nature Communications, 2020
There are concerns that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in sub-Saharan Africa sub-optimally interrupt Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine-serotype (VT) carriage and transmission.
T. Swarthout, C. Fronterrè, J. Lourenço, U. Obolski, A. Gori, N. Bar-Zeev, D. Everett, A. Kamng’ona, T. Mwalukomo, A. A. Mataya, C. Mwansambo, Marjory Banda, Sunetra Gupta, P. Diggle, N. French, R. Heyderman   +15 more
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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines and Otitis Media [PDF]

International Journal of Otolaryngology, 2012
In a recent review published in International Journal of Otolaryngology, Fletcher and Fritzell provide a comprehensive and useful summary of the clinical trials assessing efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) against otitis media (OM) [1]. Although the Results section of the review is limited to clinical trial data, the Discussion section ...
S. Taylor, P. Marchisio, A. Vergison, W. P. Hausdorff, M. Haggard   +4 more
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Vaccine hesitancy and receipt of mandatory and optional pediatric vaccines in Shanghai, China

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Given increased global concern about vaccine hesitancy, this study estimates coverage of mandatory vs non-mandatory vaccines in children, and assesses whether vaccine hesitancy among young parents relates to their childʻs eventual vaccination status in ...
Mengdi Ji, Zhuoying Huang, Jia Ren, Abram L. Wagner   +3 more
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Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine [PDF]

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2015
Universal immunization of infants and toddlers with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines over the last 15 years has dramatically altered the landscape of pneumococcal disease. Decreases in invasive pneumococcal disease, all-cause pneumonia, empyema, mastoiditis, acute otitis media, and complicated otitis media have been reported from multiple countries in ...
Inci Yildirim, Kimberly M. Shea, Stephen I. Pelton, Stephen I. Pelton   +3 more
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Severe polyserositis induced by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background The United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends administration of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in series with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for prevention of pneumonia in the ...
Pierre Tawfik, Elie Gertner, Charlene E. McEvoy   +2 more
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