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Clinical and Microbiological Factors Associated with High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density in Patients with Pneumococcal Pneumonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 We aimed to study if certain clinical and/or microbiological factors are associated with a high nasopharyngeal (NP) density of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pneumococcal pneumonia.
Helena Alpkvist +7 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a primary pathogen in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The objective of this study was to define the epidemiology of pneumococcal pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, and to estimate the burden
Julio Ramirez +12 more
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Journal of Biomedical Science, 2020 Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) reduces both invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and other pneumococcal infections worldwide. We investigated the impact of stepwise implementation of childhood PCV programs on the prevalence of ...
Ching-Fen Shen +10 more
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Immunology, Volume 168, Issue 1, Page 1-17, January 2023., 2023 In the past few years, the spectrum of monogenic systemic auto‐inflammatory diseases has widely expanded beyond the typical recurrent fever. Immuno‐haematological features, as cytopenias, hypogammaglobulinemia, hypereosinophilia, lymphoproliferation and immunodeficiency, have been described in association of several MSAID.
Hélène Vergneault +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Incidence of Hospitalized Pneumococcal Pneumonia among Adults in Guatemala, 2008-2012. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia worldwide. However, the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults in low- and middle-income countries is not well described.Data from 2008-2012 was analyzed from two surveillance sites in ...
Carmen Lucía Contreras +9 more
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Pneumococcal pneumonia in children less than 5 years: Are we underdiagnosing? [PDF]
Microbes and Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia in children. Diagnosis of Pneumococcal pneumonia by culture methods is difficult, if antibiotics were taken before culture. The objectives of this study were 1-to evaluate the
Sherif Moustafa +6 more
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An Adaptive and Altruistic PSO-based Deep Feature Selection Method for Pneumonia Detection from Chest X-Rays [PDF]
Applied Soft Computing, 2022, 109464, ISSN 1568-4946, 2022 Pneumonia is one of the major reasons for child mortality especially in income-deprived regions of the world. Although it can be detected and treated with very less sophisticated instruments and medication, Pneumonia detection still remains a major concern in developing countries.
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Children, 2022 Despite advances in preventative interventions, invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia cause significant morbidity and mortality in children. We studied the annual incidence of pneumococcal-specific and syndromic invasive disease and non-invasive ...
Elisa Barbieri +9 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To compare the incidence and severity of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPDs), pneumococcal pneumonia and all-cause pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic period with universal masking and social distancing with that of previous 5 years ...
Pak-leung Ho +3 more
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