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Acute organ injury and long-term sequelae of severe pneumococcal infections. [PDF]

Pneumonia (Nathan), 2023
Streptococcus pneumoniae ( Spn ) is a major public health problem, as it is a main cause of otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia, bacteremia, sepsis, and meningitis.
Kruckow KL, Zhao K, Bowdish DME, Orihuela CJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Pneumococcal Infections. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2020
Inflammasomes are innate immune sensors that regulate caspase-1 mediated inflammation in response to environmental, host- and pathogen-derived factors. The NLRP3 inflammasome is highly versatile as it is activated by a diverse range of stimuli.
Surabhi S, Cuypers F, Hammerschmidt S, Siemens N.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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New Vaccines for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1996
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of acute otitis media, pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. Because in recent years antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains have been emerging throughout the world, vaccination against pneumococcal infections
Helena Käyhty, Juhani Eskola
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Pneumococcal Infection and Vaccination-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Saudi Residents [PDF]

Pathogens
Background and aims: Pneumococcal infections, primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, pose significant global public health challenges, particularly in vulnerable populations. In Saudi Arabia, the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination has been a
Wed S. Althobaiti, Abeer D. Alnefaie, Kaifah M. Althaali, Ola M. Alsufyani, Yassmin M. Shebany, Ayman A. Atalla, Ibtihal M. Alotaibi, Eman Y. Santali, Sayed F. Abdelwahab   +8 more
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Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal epidemiology varies geographically and few data are available from the African continent. We assess pneumococcal carriage from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) before and after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
A Fenoll, A Kacou-N'Douba, A Kacou-N'douba, A Roca, A von Gottberg, A Woolfson, A Yomo, AB Brueggemann, AH Skalet, AK Rowe, Andrew Hall, B Frederiksen, B Oppenheim, BM Gray, BM Gray, C Levy, Caroline L. Trotter, Christian Bottomley, CL Trotter, D Bogaert, D Hansman, DB Blossom, DM Denno, DM Mwenya, DR Feikin, DR Feikin, E Varon, Effua Usuf, ES Donkor, EV Millar, G Regev-Yochay, GA Mackenzie, H Faden, H Rinta-Kokko, H Smith-Vaughan, HL Johnson, HT Vu, ID Rusen, JA Scott, JAG Scott, JD Kellner, JR Scott, KA Robinson, KL O'Brien, KL O'Brien, KP Klugman, L Marcus, L Pemba, LC Bere, LM McNally, M Antonio, M Guevara, M Mthwalo, MF Cotton, MK Darboe, MK Darboe, ML Joloba, MO Ota, MR Capeding, MR Jacobs, MW Mureithi, N Lloyd-Evans, N Mbelle, NOA Nwachukwu, O Abdullahi, O Abdullahi, PC Hill, PC Hill, PC Hill, PL Ho, PW Roche, R Dagan, RA Adegbola, RE Huebner, RE Huebner, Richard A. Adegbola, RK Syrjanen, RM Robins-Browne, RN Ndip, S Haug, S Yang, SB Gordon, SK Obaro, SK Obaro, SL Batt, SL Kaplan, SR Williams, SS Huang, WM Nyandiko, X Valles, YB Cheung, YT Kandakai-Olukemi   +91 more
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Association of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Pneumococcal Carriage, and Respiratory Viral Infections Among Children in France

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Was the implementation of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with changes in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and associated pneumococcal carriage and respiratory viral ...
A. Rybak, C. Levy, F. Angoulvant, A. Auvrignon, P. Gembara, K. Danis, S. Vaux, D. Lévy-Bruhl, S. van der Werf, S. Béchet, S. Bonacorsi, Zein Assad, A. Lazzati, M. Michel, F. Kaguelidou, A. Faye, R. Cohen, E. Varon, N. Ouldali   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source