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Pneumococcal infections and homelessness. [PDF]

J Prev Med Hyg, 2021
Objectif. To assess the prevalence of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage, the role of potential risk factors, and vaccination against invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) among sheltered homeless persons (HP) in Marseille, France. Methods. In 2015 2018, we enrolled 571 sheltered homeless males and 54 non-homeless controls.
Ly TDA, Perieres L, Hoang VT, Dao TL, Gautret P.   +4 more
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Incidence of Confirmed Influenza and Pneumococcal Infections and Vaccine Uptake Among Virologically Suppressed People Living with HIV [PDF]

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are common vaccine-preventable diseases to which people living with HIV (PLWH) may be more susceptible.
Edith Wolder Ejlersen, Josefine Amalie Loft, Marco Gelpi, Safura-Luise Heidari, Omid Rezahosseini, Johan Runge Poulsen, Dina Leth Møller, Zitta Barrella Harboe, Thomas Benfield, Susanne Dam Nielsen, Andreas Dehlbæk Knudsen   +10 more
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Adult pneumococcal vaccination – new opportunities

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2023
Pneumococcal infections (Streptococcus pneumoniae) remain a significant epidemiological problem globally. Although an invasive pneumo-coccal disease (IPD), which includes meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia with bacteremia, is the most severe form of ...
ERNEST KUCHAR, JOANNA CHOROSTOWSKA-WYNIMKO, LESZEK CZUPRYNIAK, ANDRZEJ FAL, ROBERT FLISIAK, ARTUR MAMCARZ, ANETA NITSCH-OSUCH, ANNA SKOCZYŃSKA, MARCIN STAJSZCZYK, JACEK WYSOCKI, MICHAŁ ABENDROT, DOMINIK GOLICKI, KATARZYNA JAŚKOWIAK, ADAM ANTCZAK   +13 more
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Clearance of mixed biofilms of Streptococcus pneumoniae and methicillin-susceptible/resistant Staphylococcus aureus by antioxidants N-acetyl-l-cysteine and cysteamine

Scientific Reports, 2022
Biofilm-associated infections are of great concern because they are associated with antibiotic resistance and immune evasion. Co-colonization by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae is possible and a threat in clinical practice.
Julio Sempere, Mirella Llamosí, Federico Román, Darío Lago, Fernando González-Camacho, Covadonga Pérez-García, Jose Yuste, Mirian Domenech   +7 more
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Promising Expectations for Pneumococcal Vaccination during COVID-19

Vaccines, 2021
The emergence of new viral infections has increased over the decades. The novel virus is one such pathogen liable for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, popularly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Hyobin Im, Jinhui Ser, Uk Sim, Hoonsung Cho   +3 more
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Fulminant pneumococcal infection [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2014
SummaryFulminant pneumococcal infection is a fatal pneumococcal infection that tends to occur in immunocompromised hosts, such as patients who are asplenic or on immunosuppressant therapy. We experienced a case of a 73-year-old Japanese man with a medical history of coronary stent implantation and catheter ablation for atrial flutter who presented with
Ryo, Naito, Tetsuro, Miyazaki, Kazunori, Kajino, Hiroyuki, Daida   +3 more
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Maternal immunization with pneumococcal surface protein A protects against pneumococcal infections among derived offspring. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Pathogen-specific antibody plays an important role in protection against pneumococcal carriage and infections. However, neonates and infants exhibit impaired innate and adaptive immune responses, which result in their high susceptibility to pneumococci ...
Masamitsu Kono, Muneki Hotomi, Susan K Hollingshead, David E Briles, Noboru Yamanaka   +4 more
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The Health Professional’s View on the Inclusion of Age in the Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccination: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey in France

Geriatrics, 2021
Elderly people are at high risk for pneumococcal infections. However, older age is not an eligibility factor for pneumococcal vaccination in France. Adults with certain co-morbidities or immunocompromised states are eligible for vaccination, which leaves
Gaëlle Farge, Benoît de Wazières, Jocelyn Raude, Clémence Delavelle, Fabienne Humbert, Cécile Janssen   +5 more
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Pneumonia: Regional experience with prevention programs [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2016
Aim. To generalize the regional experience in implementing a package of organizational and methodical and antiepidemic measures for preventing pneumococcal infections. Materials and methods.
A G Chuchalin, G G Onishchenko, V P Kolosov, O P Kurganova, N L Tezikov, L G Manakov, M P Gulevich, Yu M Perelman   +7 more
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The Roles of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 and 4 in Pneumococcal Nasal Colonization and Subsequent Development of Invasive Disease

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, neuronal stimulations widely known to be associated with thermal responses, pain induction, and osmoregulation, have been shown in recent studies to have underlying mechanisms associated with inflammatory ...
Masamitsu Kono, Denisa Nanushaj, Hideki Sakatani, Daichi Murakami, Masayoshi Hijiya, Tetsuya Kinoshita, Tatsuya Shiga, Fumie Kaneko, Keisuke Enomoto, Gen Sugita, Masayasu Miyajima, Yuka Okada, Shizuya Saika, Muneki Hotomi   +13 more
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