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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 ...
, Kimberly Shea, Stephen Pelton
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Pneumococcal Disease: Global Disease Prevention Strategies with a Focus on the Challenges in Iraq

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Ali Al-Jumaili,1 Haider N Dawood,2 Delan Ikram,3 Ali Al-Jabban3 1Pediatric Department, Central Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq; 2Internal Medicine Department, Al-Imamain Al-Kadhimin Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq; 3Medical Department, Pfizer ...
Al-Jumaili A, Dawood HN, Ikram D, Al-Jabban A   +3 more
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Anticipating impact of implementing PCV20 or PCV21 vaccines for older adults in the immunisation programme for invasive pneumococcal disease, using nationwide surveillance data, Israel, 2009 to 2024 [PDF]

Eurosurveillance
BACKGROUND Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have reduced vaccine-type (VT) invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in older adults through direct and indirect effects. However, non-vaccine-type serotypes have emerged.
on behalf of the Israeli Adult Pneumococcal Invasive Disease (IAIPD) group
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Pneumococcal disease in Thailand [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
This review examines the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease, serotype prevalence, antibiotic resistance, and national vaccination recommendations in Thailand. The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and annualized hospitalization rates for pneumococcal bacteremia in Thailand were highest in children aged
Amgad Gamil, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Wanatpreeya Phongsamart, Chonnamet Techasaensiri, Barameht Piralam, Ruangwit Thamaree   +5 more
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Factors associated with pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage: A systematic review

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Pneumococcal disease is a major contributor to global childhood morbidity and mortality and is more common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries.
Eleanor Frances Georgina Neal, Jocelyn Chan, Cattram Duong Nguyen, Fiona Mary Russell   +3 more
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Recent Topics of Pneumococcal Vaccination: Indication of Pneumococcal Vaccine for Individuals at a Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults

Microorganisms, 2021
Pneumococcal disease is one of the most common and severe vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). Despite the advances in antimicrobial treatment, pneumococcal disease still remains a global burden and exhibits a high mortality rate among people of all ages
Nobuhiro Asai, Hiroshige Mikamo
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Clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal disease among adults in Sweden: A population-based register study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Pneumococcal disease is a major cause of clinical and economic burden worldwide. This study investigated the burden of pneumococcal disease in Swedish adults.
Natalie Zarabi, Martina Aldvén, Sigrid Sjölander, Hanna Fues Wahl, Goran Bencina, Kelly D Johnson, Sven-Arne Silfverdal   +6 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease [PDF]

Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition, 2011
Streptococcus pneumoniae , the pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive diplococcus with more than 90 serotypes determined by the polysaccharide composition of its capsule. It is carried asymptomatically in approximately 50% of people.1 It can cause both non-invasive and invasive disease.
Elise, Randle, Nelly, Ninis, David, Inwald   +2 more
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A brief history of and future prospects for pneumococcal vaccination in Malaysia

Pneumonia, 2023
Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a significant global public health issue. Malaysia has recently added the 10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its national immunisation programme.
Alex J. J. Lister, Evelin Dombay, David W. Cleary, Lokman H. Sulaiman, Stuart C. Clarke   +4 more
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Standardizing Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009
Surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease has been conducted using a variety of case ascertainment methods and diagnostic tools. Interstudy differences in observed rates of invasive pneumococcal disease could reflect variations in surveillance methods or true epidemiological differences in disease incidence.
Knoll, MD, Moïsi, J, Muhib, F, Wonodi, C, Lee, E, Grant, L, Gilani, Z, Anude, C, O'Brien, K, Cherian, T, Levine, O, Adhikari, N, Anh, D, Baggett, H, Batu, R, Brooks, A, Dowell, S, El Arifeen, S, English, M, Fisher, J, Gessner, B, Kelly, D, Kilgore, P, Lafourcade, B, Lalitha, M   +24 more
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