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Influence of Older Age and Other Risk Factors on Pneumonia Hospitalization in Switzerland in the Pneumococcal Vaccine Era

Frontiers in Medicine, 2019
Background: Pneumococcal pneumonia is a disease of the extremes of age. However, as other traditional risk factors for pneumococcal pneumonia also increase with older age, it is unclear if older age itself should be an indication for pneumococcal ...
Werner C. Albrich, Frank Rassouli, Frederike Waldeck, Christoph Berger, Florent Baty   +4 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumococcal pneumonia and all-cause pneumonia in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the preceding 5 years: a retrospective observational study

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, King-Pui Florence Chan, Ting-Fung Ma, Mary Sau-Man Ip   +3 more
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Pneumococcal carriage and serotype distribution among children with and without pneumonia in Mozambique, 2014-2016.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundPneumococcal colonization is a precursor to pneumonia, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) can decrease vaccine-type (VT) colonization.
Tolulope Adebanjo, Fernanda C Lessa, Helio Mucavele, Benild Moiane, Alberto Chauque, Fabiana Pimenta, Sergio Massora, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Cynthia G Whitney, Betuel Sigauque   +9 more
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Impact of preceding flu-like illness on the serotype distribution of pneumococcal pneumonia.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundEven though the pathogenicity and invasiveness of pneumococcus largely depend on capsular types, the impact of serotypes on post-viral pneumococcal pneumonia is unknown.Methods and findingsThis study was performed to evaluate the impact of ...
Joon Young Song, Moon H Nahm, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim   +3 more
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Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination of Infants on Pneumonia and Influenza Hospitalization and Mortality in All Age Groups in the United States

mBio, 2011
A seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) introduced in the United States in 2000 has been shown to reduce invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in both vaccinated children and adults through induction of herd immunity. We assessed the impact of
Lone Simonsen, Robert J. Taylor, Yinong Young-Xu, Michael Haber, Larissa May, Keith P. Klugman   +5 more
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Incidence of Hospitalisation and Emergency Department Visits for Pneumococcal Disease in Children, Adolescents, and Adults in Liguria, Italy: A Retrospective Analysis from 2012–2018

Vaccines, 2022
Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in young children and older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of hospitalisation and emergency department (ED) visits in ...
Matteo Astengo, Chiara Paganino, Daniela Amicizia, Laura Sticchi, Andrea Orsi, Giancarlo Icardi, Maria Francesca Piazza, Salini Mohanty, Francesca Senese, Gian Marco Prandi, Filippo Ansaldi   +10 more
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Estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic techniques.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundPneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality among adults. Given limitations of diagnostic tests for non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, most studies report the incidence of bacteremic or invasive pneumococcal disease ...
Maria A Said, Hope L Johnson, Bareng A S Nonyane, Maria Deloria-Knoll, Katherine L O'Brien, AGEDD Adult Pneumococcal Burden Study Team, Felipe Andreo, Bojana Beovic, Silvia Blanco, Wim G Boersma, David R Boulware, Jay C Butler, Jordi Carratalà, Feng-Yee Chang, Patrick G P Charles, Alejandro A Diaz, Jose Domínguez, Naomi Ehara, Henrik Endeman, Vicenç Falcó, Miquel Falguera, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Daniel Genne, Igor A Guchev, Felix Gutierrez, Susanne S Hernes, Andy I M Hoepelman, Ulla Hohenthal, Niclas Johansson, Vitezslav Kolek, Roman S Kozlov, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Ivana Mareković, Mar Masiá, Matta A Matta, Òscar Miró, David R Murdoch, Eric Nuermberger, Richard Paolini, Rafael Perelló, Dominic Snijders, Vanda Plečko, Roger Sordé, Kristoffer Strålin, Menno M van der Eerden, Angel Vila-Corcoles, James P Watt   +47 more
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Routine infant vaccination of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines has decreased pneumonia across all age groups in Northern Spain

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Since the early 2000s, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have been shown to be effective in the prevention of pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal diseases.
I. Rivero-Calle, J. Pardo Seco, P. F. Raguindin, F. Alvez, J. Gómez-Rial, A. Salas, J. Martinón Sanchez, F. Martinón-Torres   +7 more
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Pneumococcal pneumonia and the risk of stroke: a population-based follow-up study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: To investigate the risk of developing stroke in patients hospitalized following a diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. METHODS: The study cohorts comprised of patients hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia (n ...
Li-Fu Chen, Hsin-Pai Chen, Yung-Sung Huang, Kuang-Yung Huang, Pesus Chou, Ching-Chih Lee   +5 more
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Evaluation of epidemiological and clinical features of patients with pneumococcal and legionella pneumonia

Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2019
Background: Pneumonia is one of the major causes of morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization. It is developed by a variety of organisms including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Legionella spp.
Tina Rabooki, Seyed Hamid Hashemi, Diana Rabooki, Hamidreza Ghasemibasir, Manochehr Karami   +4 more
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