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Changes in the Features of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after Introduction of the Seven-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in a Regional Core Hospital of Kochi, Japan [PDF]

, 2015
Since the introduction of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in 2007, invasive pneumococcal disease has declined, but the incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A has risen worldwide.
Akane Kanazawa, Chiho Tokorodani, Hidehiko Maruyama, Hirokazu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyahara, Kiyoshi Kikkawa, Mari Miyazawa, Ritsuo Nishiuchi, Yuka Iwasaki, Yusei Nakata, Yusuke Shigemitsu   +10 more
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Regulation of naturally acquired mucosal immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy Malawian adults and children. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Worldwide, invasive pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is most common in young children. In adults, disease rates decline following intermittent colonization and the acquisition of naturally acquired immunity.
Sarah J Glennie, Dominic Banda, Wakisa Mulwafu, Rose Nkhata, Neil A Williams, Robert S Heyderman   +5 more
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Streptococcus Pneumoniae septic arthritis in adults in Bristol and Bath, United Kingdom, 2006–2018: a 13-year retrospective observational cohort study

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
Few studies on adult pneumococcal septic arthritis are sufficiently large enough to assess both epidemiological trends following routine pneumococcal immunization and clinical disease. With major shifts in serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease (
Catherine Hyams, Zahin Amin-Chowdhury, Norman K. Fry, Paul North, Adam Finn, Andrew Judge, Shamez N. Ladhani, O. Martin Williams   +7 more
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Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Pneumonia Hospitalizations in High- and Low-Income Subpopulations in Brazil. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundPneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are being used worldwide. A key question is whether the impact of PCVs on pneumonia is similar in low- and high-income populations.
Kürüm, Esra, Lustig, Roger, Schuck-Paim, Cynthia, Shioda, Kayoko, Simonsen, Lone, Taylor, Robert J, Warren, Joshua L, Weinberger, Daniel M   +7 more
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Meningococcal and pneumococcal disease [PDF]

Paediatrics & Child Health, 2002
The licensure of new vaccines in 2001 in Canada means that pneumococcal and group C meningococcal infections can be added to the list of vaccine-preventable diseases. The successful control of these two diseases will require all provincial and territorial governments in Canada to add the new vaccines to their routine immunization programs ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Development and Validation of a Sensitive and Robust Multiplex Antigen Capture Assay to Quantify Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-Specific Capsular Polysaccharides in Urine

mSphere, 2022
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in young children, older adults, and those with immunocompromised status.
Gowrisankar Rajam, Yuhua Zhang, Joseph M. Antonello, Rebecca J. Grant-Klein, Lauren Cook, Reshma Panemangalore, Huy Pham, Stephanie Cooper, Thomas D. Steinmetz, Jennifer Nguyen, Mathias W. Pletz, Grit Barten-Neiner, Rocio D. Murphy, Leonard J. Rubinstein, Katrina M. Nolan   +14 more
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Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: a case-control study in The Gambia.

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between child mortality and common preventive interventions: vaccination, trained birthing attendants, tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding and vitamin A supplementation. METHODS: Case-control study in
Adegbola, Richard A, Dockerty, John D, Herbison, Peter, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Jasseh, Momodou, Jeffries, David J, Mulholland, Kim, Rutherford, Merrin E   +8 more
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The remaining challenges of pneumococcal disease in adults [PDF]

European Respiratory Review, 2012
Pneumococcal disease can be divided into invasive disease, i.e. when bacteria are detected in normally sterile body fluids, and noninvasive disease. Pneumococcal disease occurs more frequently in younger children and older adults.
E. Ludwig, P. Bonanni, G. Rohde, A. Sayiner, A. Torres   +4 more
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Hospitalization rates for pneumococcal disease in Brazil, 2004 - 2006

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To estimate hospitalization rates for pneumococcal disease based on the Brazilian Hospital Information System (SIH). METHODS: Descriptive study based on the Hospital Information System of Brazilian National Health System data from January 2004
Hillegonda Maria Dutilh Novaes, Ana Marli Christovam Sartori, Patricia Coelho de Soárez   +2 more
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Retrospective database analysis for clinical diagnoses commonly associated with pneumococcal diseases in the Malaysian healthcare system over a 3-year period (2013–2015)

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of morbidity and mortality across all ages, particularly in younger children and older adults. Here, we describe pneumococcal disease hospitalizations at Ministry of
Saravanan S. R. Sundaramurthy, Kristen E. Allen, Mark A. Fletcher, Kok Fui Liew, Boekhtiar Borhanuddin, Mohammad Ali, Graciela Morales, Bradford Gessner, Jerusha Naidoo, Jo Southern   +9 more
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