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.
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Mathematical modelling long-term effects of replacing Prevnar7 with Prevnar13 on invasive pneumococcal diseases in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2012 England and Wales recently replaced the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) with its 13-valent equivalent (PCV13), partly based on projections from mathematical models of the long-term impact of such a switch compared to ceasing pneumococcal ...
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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 +3 more
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No temporal association between influenza outbreaks and invasive pneumococcal infections [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: To assess whether the influenza peak in populations precedes the annual peak for invasive pneumococcal infections (IPI) in winter.Design: Ecological study.
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Challenges in estimating the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines through surveillance [PDF]
, 2012 SCOPUS: re.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics ...
Hanquet, Germaine, Vergison, Anne
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Coinfection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Streptococcus pneumoniae in multiple cutaneous lesions [PDF]
, 2016 Key learning points Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common clinical disease caused by all the Leishmania species that are pathogenic to humans. Other bacterial coinfections of Leishmania lesions have been described, but this is the first report of ...
Chiapello, Laura Silvina +6 more
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Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland nursing homes. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundHealth care-associated infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in US nursing homes (NHs). The objective of the research is to assess the impact of Maryland NH infection preventionists (IPs) on NH quality measures.MethodsTwo ...
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Pediatric Pneumococcal Eye Infection and Changes in Antibiotic Susceptibility: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]
Infect ChemotherChoi UY +5 more
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In vivo Neutralization of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines During Secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Post Influenza A Virus Infection [PDF]
, 2019 An overt pro-inflammatory immune response is a key factor contributing to lethal pneumococcal infection in an influenza pre-infected host and represents a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
Boehme, Julia D. +8 more
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