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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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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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Prevention of pneumococcal diseases in the post-seven valent vaccine era: A European perspective

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background The burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in young children decreased dramatically following introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). The epidemiology of S.
Weil-Olivier Catherine, van der Linden Mark, de Schutter Iris, Dagan Ron, Mantovani Lorenzo   +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
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Meningitis, spondylodiscitis, pneumonia and septic shock with Streptococcus pneumoniae in a previously healthy woman with isolated IgG2-, IgG3-, IgA-deficiency and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Infectious Disease Reports, 2018
A 66 years old Caucasian woman with pneumococcal meningitis was treated and discharged after an uncomplicated course. Five months later she was readmitted withfever and right side abdominal pain and diagnosed with pneumococcal spondylodiscitis.
Shahin Gaini, David Gudnason, Bjarni á Steig, Jenny Jónsdóttir Nielsen   +3 more
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Pneumococcal infections

Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 2000
Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns 7 (2000) 20-25. doi:10.1016/S1068-607X(99)00035-9 ; Received by publisher: 0000-01-01 ; Harvest Date: 2016-01-04 12:23:23 ; DOI:10.1016/S1068-607X(99)00035-9 ; Page Range: 20 ...
Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA ( host institution ), Riley, Poorti ( author )   +1 more
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Pneumococcal Vaccination in Immunocompromised Hosts: An Update

Vaccines, 2021
Infections with the pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae, are a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It particularly affects those at the extremes of age and immunocompromised individuals.
Claire Froneman, Peter Kelleher, Ricardo J. José   +2 more
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Prevalence of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization in children and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of carriage isolates

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Nasopharyngeal (NP) pneumococcal carriage predisposes children to pneumococcal infections. Defining the proportion of pneumococcal isolates that are antibiotic-resistant enables the appropriate choice of empiric therapies.
Julie Y. Zhou, Megan Isaacson-Schmid, Elizabeth C. Utterson, Elizabeth M. Todd, Michelle McFarland, Janardan Sivapalan, Joan M. Niehoff, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, S. Celeste Morley   +8 more
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Pneumococcal vaccination among adults – updated Polish recommendations

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2022
Diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) can be either invasive or non-invasive. In adults, pneumococcal infections most often occur as pneumonia, one of the leading causes of hospitalisation in these patients in Poland.
ERNEST KUCHAR, ADAM ANTCZAK, ANNA SKOCZYŃSKA, ANDRZEJ FAL, JACEK WYSOCKI, JOLANTA WALUSIAK-SKORUPA, MAŁGORZATA CZAJKOWSKA-MALINOWSKA, AGNIESZKA MASTALERZ-MIGAS, ROBERT FLISIAK, ANETA NITSCH-OSUCH   +9 more
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Efficacy of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in healthcare workers [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2018
Aim. To establish the efficacy of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) for healthcare workers protection from occupational acquired infection and impact of healthcare staff vaccination on the risk of transmission to patients.
L A Shpagina, O S Kotova, I S Shpagin, E M Loktin, A A Rukavitsyna, G V Kuznetsova, N V Kamneva, M A Laletina   +7 more
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