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Invasive pneumococcal infection due to serotype 15A after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation in Turkey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Invasive pneumococcal infections among children are a serious public health problem in many countries, including Turkey. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been included in Turkey's National Immunization Programme since 2009.
Ayşe Büyükcam, Hüseyin Güdücüoğlu, Kamuran Karaman, Venhar Gürbüz, Emil Aliyev, Ateş Kara, Mehmet Ceyhan   +6 more
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Nasopharyngeal Colonization and levofloxacin Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Healthcare Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Tehran, Iran

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2020
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae commonly asymptomatically colonizes the human upper respiratory tract and the carriage rate varies between geographical regions. The colonized individuals are not only at risk of infections but also can be a source of
Maryam Samadpanah, Latif Gachkar, Sara Salarian, Fahimeh Hadavand   +3 more
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Effect of recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease on serum anti-pneumolysin IgG titres in HIV infected adults. [PDF]

, 2009
We measured serum anti-pneumolysin IgG concentrations in a prospective cohort of 34 HIV infected adults who developed recurrent pneumococcal bacteraemia, and compared baseline levels with HIV positive and HIV negative control subjects that remained free ...
Gordon, Stephen B, Zijlstra, Ed E., Etuwewe, Onajite M., Etuwewe, Onajite M, Zijlstra, Ed E, Gordon, Stephen, Hollingshead, Susan, Tolmie, Helen, French, Neil, Gordon, Stephen B., Swann, Natalie, Faragher, Brian   +11 more
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Apoptosis is essential for neutrophil functional shutdown and determines tissue damage in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2009
During acute bacterial infections such as meningitis, neutrophils enter the tissue where they combat the infection before they undergo apoptosis and are taken up by macrophages.
Häcker Georg, Bianca Obermaier, Georg Häcker, Robert Paul, Hans Häcker, Obermaier, Bianca, Paul Robert, Frankenberg, Tobias, Koedel, Uwe, Uwe Koedel, Frankenberg Tobias, Paul, Robert, Susanne Kirschnek, Kirschnek, Susanne, Tobias Frankenberg, Kirschnek Susanne, Obermaier Bianca, Koedel Uwe, Häcker, Hans, Häcker, Georg, Häcker Hans   +20 more
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Vaccination against Pneumococcal Infections of High-Risk People: Pharmacoeconomic Aspects

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2020
Relevance. Vaccination of people at high risk against pneumococcal infection with a 13-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV13) can significantly reduce the corresponding incidence and mortality.The aim of the work was to assess the pharmacoeconomic aspects of ...
A. V. Rudakova, S. M. Kharit, Yu. V. Lobzin   +2 more
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A decade of Streptococcus pneumoniae bloodstream infections: a single-center retrospective analysis

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
A ten-year retrospective review of 176 pneumococcal bloodstream infections found broad-spectrum antimicrobial use despite high penicillin susceptibility. Complications occurred in 15%, and ICU admission in 10%.
Saied Ali, Karen Burns, Binu Dinesh, Helene McDermott, Sinead O’Donnell, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Ciara O’Connor   +6 more
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Acquisition of pneumococci specific effector and regulatory Cd4+ T cells localising within human upper respiratory-tract mucosal lymphoid tissue [PDF]

, 2011
The upper respiratory tract mucosa is the location for commensal Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae colonization and therefore represents a major site of contact between host and bacteria.
Mitchell, T.J., Pido-Lopez Jeffrey, Pido-Lopez, J., Mitchell, TJ, Williams Neil A., Kwok, William W, Robert S. Heyderman, Neil A. Williams, Mitchell, Timothy J, Heyderman Robert S., Robert S Heyderman, Williams, NA, Pido, J, Neil A Williams, Mitchell Timothy J., Timothy J. Mitchell, Timothy J Mitchell, Heyderman, R.S., Pido-Lopez, Jeffrey, Kwok, W, Kwok William W., Williams, N.A., Heyderman, RS, William W Kwok, Jeffrey Pido-Lopez, Williams, Neil A, Kwok, W.W., William W. Kwok, Heyderman, Robert S   +28 more
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Pneumococcal Infection and Vaccination-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Saudi Residents

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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7-Valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in England and Wales: is it still beneficial despite high levels of serotype replacement? [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The UK introduced the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) into the national vaccination program in September 2006. Previous modelling assumed that the likely impact of PCV7 on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) would be similar to
Nigel Gay, Andrews, Nick, George, Robert, Robert George, Gay Nigel, Miller, Elizabeth, George Robert, Pauline A Waight, Miller Elizabeth, Yoon Hong Choi, N. Gay, Choi, Yoon Hong, Pauline A. Waight, Andrews Nick, R. George, Nick Andrews, Waight Pauline A., Jit, Mark, Gay, Nigel, Jit Mark, Y.H. Choi, Choi Yoon Hong, Elizabeth Miller, M. Jit, P.A. Waight, Melegaro, Alessia, E. Miller, Mark Jit, N. Andrews, Waight, Pauline A, Melegaro Alessia, Alessia Melegaro   +31 more
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C-reactive protein is essential for innate resistance to pneumococcal infection. [PDF]

, 2014
No deficiency of human C-reactive protein (CRP), or even structural polymorphism of the protein, has yet been reported so its physiological role is not known.
Lawrence, Rachel A., Read, Kevin D., Aviva Petrie, Pepys, M B, Pepys, MB, Hutchinson, Winston L., LSHTM, Read, Kevin D, Raynes, JG, Read, KD, J. Brian Souza, Tennent, G A, Stephan Ellmerich, Loeffler, JM, Simons, JP, Rachel A. Lawrence, Simons, J Paul, Tennent, GA, John G. Raynes, Dundee, Glenys A. Tennent, Ellmerich, Stephan, Ellmerich, S, Tennent, Glenys A, Al-Shawi, Raya, Petrie, A, Tennent, Glenys A., Simons, J. Paul, Lawrence, R A, Jutta M. Loeffler, Lawrence, RA, Hutchinson, Winston L, J. Paul Simons, de Souza, J Brian, de Souza, J. Brian, Kevin D. Read, Raynes, John G., Raynes, J G, Read, K D, Mark B. Pepys, Hutchinson, WL, de Souza, JB, Loeffler, Jutta M, Petrie, Aviva, Al-Shawi, R, Pepys, Mark B., Lawrence, Rachel A, Raynes, John G, Loeffler, J M, de Souza, J B, Hutchinson, W L, Pepys, Mark B, Raya Al‐Shawi, Winston L. Hutchinson, Loeffler, Jutta M., Simons, J P, UCL   +56 more
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