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Prevention of pneumococcal infections during mass gathering

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2016
The interest in mass gathering and its implications has been increasing due to globalization and international travel. The potential occurrence of infectious disease outbreaks during mass gathering is most feared.
J. Al-Tawfiq, Z. Memish
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Invasive pneumococcal infections in children following transplantation in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era

Transplant Infectious Disease, 2015
Pediatric recipients of hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplants are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal infections (IPI). Data on IPI in this population are scarce.
Liset Olarte, P. Lin, W. Barson, J. Romero, T. Tan, L. Givner, J. Hoffman, J. Bradley, K. Hulten, E. Mason, S. Kaplan   +10 more
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Systemic lupus erythematosus and cardiovascular disease

Journal of Internal Medicine, Volume 293, Issue 1, Page 48-62, January 2023., 2023
Abstract The prognosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has improved due to better treatment and care, but cardiovascular disease (CVD) still remains an important clinical problem, since the risk of CVD in SLE is much higher than among controls.
Johan Frostegård
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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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Estimating the transmission parameters of pneumococcal carriage in households [PDF]

, 2004
This paper analyses Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission dynamics in households using longitudinal data on pneumococcal (Pnc) carriage in the United Kingdom. Ten consecutive swabs were taken at 4-week intervals from all members of 121 households.
Gay, N. J., Medley, Graham, Melegaro, Alessia   +2 more
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The prevention of pneumococcal infections

Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, 2016
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes considerable number of diseases like pneumonia, bacteremia or sepsis, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and soft tissue infection [1,2,3]. According to the Korean statistics of death, 12,021 people died of pneumonia during the year 2014, mortality is 23.7 per
Mee Soo Chang, Jun Hee Woo
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The ABC of pneumococcal infections and vaccination in patients with chronic kidney disease

Clinical Kidney Journal, 2015
Background In the general population, pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines (PPV) decrease the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) whereas the impact on the prevention of noninvasive pneumococcal disease is less clear.
S. Vandecasteele, S. Ombelet, S. Blumental, W. Peetermans   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

IL-6 Prevents Lung Macrophage Death and Lung Inflammation Injury by Inhibiting GSDME- and GSDMD-Mediated Pyroptosis during Pneumococcal Pneumosepsis

Microbiology spectrum, 2022
Pneumococcal pneumonia has been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality throughout human history. Failing to control pneumococcal pneumonia and resolve ongoing inflammation in a host can cause sepsis, namely pneumococcal pneumosepsis, and death ...
X. Gou, Wenchun Xu, Yusi Liu, Yang Peng, Wenlong Xu, Yibing Yin, Xuemei Zhang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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 ...
Castle, Nicholas G, Roup, Brenda J, Wagner, Laura M   +2 more
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus amongst refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 4-18, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Hepatitis B, caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), is a global public health issue that affects 290 million people worldwide. Most people with hepatitis B are in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC), where health systems and resources are often constrained.
Caroline Lee, Theophilus I. Emeto, Nick Walsh   +2 more
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