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Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2013 Alcohol abuse has been associated with an increased mortality and morbidity due to increased aspiration, delirium tremens, and seizures. The association of pneumococcal lung infections and leukopenia in the setting of alcohol abuse are rarely reported ...
Abdul Hamid Alraiyes +2 more
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Psp140: an immunodominant antigen in the supernatant of Streptococcus pneumoniae culture
Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2020 Background and Objectives: Streptococcus pneumoniae causes many lethal infections. Due to its reduced sensitivity to commonly used antibiotics, development of new strategies against pneumococcal infections seems to be necessary.
Davoud Afshar +4 more
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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 ) +1 more
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A Personalised Vaccination Program Based on Immune Reconstitution in Paediatric Cancer Survivors
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims Paediatric cancer survivors often experience treatment‐induced immunosuppression, requiring post‐treatment revaccination. However, immune recovery timelines vary, and current revaccination guidelines, largely based on data of varied quality derived from studies on acute‐lymphoblastic‐leukaemia (ALL), may not be applicable across all ...
Menucha Jurkowicz +17 more
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Increasing hospital admissions for pneumonia, England. [PDF]
, 2005 Pneumonia is an important cause of illness and death in England. To describe trends in pneumonia hospitalizations, we extracted information on all episodes of pneumonia that occurred from April 1997 through March 2005 recorded in the Hospital Episode ...
Stuart, James M +11 more
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The remaining challenges of pneumococcal disease in adults [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2012 Pneumococcal disease can be divided into invasive disease, i.e. when bacteria are detected in normally sterile body fluids, and noninvasive disease. Pneumococcal disease occurs more frequently in younger children and older adults.
E. Ludwig +4 more
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New Microbes and New Infections, 2015 Pneumococcal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has dramatically reduced the incidence of pneumococcal diseases. PCVs are not currently being used in
N. Ramdani-Bouguessa +13 more
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European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Bloodstream infections remain a major cause of mortality among cancer patients. Pathogen surveillance and risk stratification tools are key to improved management. This study describes trends in causative pathogens and explores risk factors for positive blood cultures (PBCs) and post‐infection mortality in cancer patients.
Mathias Holmsgaard Eskesen +7 more
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Pneumococcal infections and immunization in diabetic patients
, 2011 India is today facing a diabetes epidemic and has the maximum number of patients with diabetes in the world. People with diabetes are more prone to develop all types of infections.
N Thomas +11 more
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