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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   +2 more
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New Vaccines for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1996
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of acute otitis media, pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. Because in recent years antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains have been emerging throughout the world, vaccination against pneumococcal infections
Helena Käyhty, Juhani Eskola
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Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Meningitis [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2009
Invasive pneumococcal disease declined among children and adults after the introduction of the pediatric heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in 2000, but its effect on pneumococcal meningitis is unclear.We examined trends in pneumococcal meningitis from 1998 through 2005 using active, population-based surveillance data from eight sites in
Heather E, Hsu, Kathleen A, Shutt, Matthew R, Moore, Bernard W, Beall, Nancy M, Bennett, Allen S, Craig, Monica M, Farley, James H, Jorgensen, Catherine A, Lexau, Susan, Petit, Arthur, Reingold, William, Schaffner, Ann, Thomas, Cynthia G, Whitney, Lee H, Harrison   +14 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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Analysis of pneumococcal serotypes distribution to determine a model composition for a Russian pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2022
Diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, as well as antibiotic resistance of its serotypes, are the leading cause of death amongst children worldwide.
V. P. Trukhin, A. E. Evtushenko, E. L. Salimova, A. D. Konon, M. R. Khaitov, V. A. Merkulov   +5 more
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Should Pneumococcal Vaccines Eliminate Nasopharyngeal Colonization?

mBio, 2016
Streptococcus pneumoniae remains an important human pathogen. For more than 100 years, there have been vaccine efforts to prevent pneumococcal infection. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have significantly reduced invasive disease.
Larry S. McDaniel, Edwin Swiatlo
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Epidemiology of non-vaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae before and after universal administration of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The universal administration of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) had been demonstrated as an effective way to prevent Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.
Qian-qian Du, Wei Shi, Dan Yu, Kai-hu Yao   +3 more
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Pneumococcal Immunization Strategies for High-Risk Pediatric Populations Worldwide: One Size Does Not Fit All

Vaccines, 2021
Despite the significant reduction in pneumococcal disease due to pneumococcal vaccines, protection of vulnerable high-risk individuals, especially pediatric populations, remains a great challenge.
Theano Lagousi, Ioanna Papadatou, Petros Strempas, Elena Chatzikalil, Vana Spoulou   +4 more
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Genetic diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis and sepsis in Singapore during the first year of PCV7 implementation

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2014
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of sepsis, meningitis and respiratory disease worldwide. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have now been implemented in many countries worldwide, including Singapore.
Elita Jauneikaite, Johanna Mary Carnon Jefferies, Nicholas William Vere Churton, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Martin Lloyd Hibberd, Stuart Charles Clarke   +5 more
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ERA OF CONJUGATE VACCINES: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2008
The article highlights comparative characteristics of the polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal infection, meningococcosis and haemophilus influenza. The author stresses the advantage of the conjugate vaccines.
M.V. Fedoseenko, M.G. Galitskaya, L.S. Namazova   +2 more
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