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Vaccination against pneumococcal infections in adults [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2018
The following key issues of pneumococcal infection prophylaxis were discussed during the expert council: incidence rates of community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia and other pneumococcal infections, local epidemiological data, increases in ...
Kozlov R.S., Avdeev S.N., Briko N.I., Bilichenko T.N., Kostinov M.P., Sidorenko S.V., Kharit S.M., Sinopalnikov A.I., Zaitsev A.A., Shubin I.V., Demko I.V., Ignatova G.L., Rachina S.A., Feldblum I.V.   +13 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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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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Risk modelling the mortality impact of antimicrobial resistance in secondary pneumococcal pneumonia infections during the 2009 influenza pandemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in secondary pneumococcal pneumonia infections on global mortality during the 2009 influenza pandemic, to estimate future pandemic mortality risk and to inform
Carrie E. Barnes, C. Raina MacIntyre
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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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House Dust Mite Aeroallergen Suppresses Leukocyte Phagocytosis and Netosis Initiated by Pneumococcal Lung Infection

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Asthmatics are highly susceptible to developing lower respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN, the pneumococcus). It has recently emerged that underlying allergic airway disease creates a lung microenvironment that is ...
Angelica Papanicolaou, Hao Wang, Jonathan McQualter, Christian Aloe, Stavros Selemidis, Catherine Satzke, Catherine Satzke, Catherine Satzke, Ross Vlahos, Steven Bozinovski   +9 more
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