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Prevalence of pneumococcal carriage and risk factors for pneumonia and carriage among under-5 children in Malaysia: findings from the MY-Pneumo study

Pneumonia
Background Paediatric pneumonia remains a significant public health concern globally, and the risk factors for pneumonia and carriage vary across different populations. The accuracy of pneumococcal urinary antigen test (PUAT) remains unclear. We aimed to
Hoomashini Gunasegaran, Nurul Hanis Ramzi, Andrew Chun Hoong Tan, Nur Alia Johari, Anna Marie Nathan, Norhayati Aida Sulaiman, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Mohamad Ikram Ilias, Zakuan Zainy Deris, Siti Nur Haidar Hazlan, Nur Syafiqah Mohamad Nasir, Asrar Abu Bakar, Muhd Alwi Muhd Helmi, Wan Khairunnisa Wan Juhari, Norhidayah Kamarudin, Chun Wie Chong, David W. Cleary, Stuart C. Clarke, Lokman Hakim Sulaiman   +18 more
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Serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of isolated from hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Italy

SAGE Open Medicine, 2017
Background: Pneumonia remain an important public health problem. The primary objective was to determine the proportion of community-acquired pneumonia that is attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection; secondary objectives were the description ...
Marta Di Pasquale, Stefano Aliberti, Chara Azzari, Maria Moriondo, Francesco Nieddu, Francesco Blasi, Marco Mantero   +6 more
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Efficacy of conjugate vaccines in pneumococcal infection prevention

Журнал инфектологии, 2014
The problem of pneumococcal infection is actual for many countries of the world in connection with high incidence and mortality. Vaccination by the 7-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine of children till 2 years is available in Russia since 2009, 13 ...
A. L. Perova, A. V. Rudakova, S. M. Kharit   +2 more
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The efficacy of high-dose penicillin G for pneumococcal pneumonia diagnosed based on initial comprehensive assessment at admission: an observational study

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objectives High-dose penicillin therapy is effective in approximately 90% of pneumococcal pneumonia cases diagnosed based on urinary pneumococcal antigen tests or Gram staining at admission.
Junpei Komagamine
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Pneumococcal carriage and disease in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in Mongolia: prospective pneumonia surveillance program (2019–2022)

Pneumonia
Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of pneumonia in older adults, however, serotyping and indirect impact information from low and middle-income countries is lacking. Mongolia has a childhood 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Tuya Mungun, Munkhchuluun Ulziibayar, Cattram D. Nguyen, Purevsuren Batsaikhan, Bujinlkham Suuri, Dashtseren Luvsantseren, Dorj Narangerel, Bilegtsaikhan Tsolmon, Lien Anh Ha Do, Darren Suryawijaya Ong, Belinda D. Ortika, Casey L. Pell, Laura K. Boelsen, Ashleigh C. Wee-Hee, Leena Spry, Jason Hinds, Michael W. Pride, Eileen M. Dunne, Bradford D. Gessner, E. Kim Mulholland, Catherine Satzke, Claire von Mollendorf   +21 more
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Changes in the incidence, viral coinfection pattern and outcomes of pneumococcal hospitalizations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Pneumonia
Background The incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia in the context of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with the real-world data on the ratio of non-invasive to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, is an area that has not been thoroughly
King-Pui Florence Chan, Ting-Fung Ma, Hanshu Fang, Wai-Kai Tsui, James Chung-Man Ho, Mary Sau-Man Ip, Pak-Leung Ho   +6 more
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Vaccination in Adults with 23 valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine –ABC: Awareness, Benefits and Clinical Aspects

Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
Pneumococcus is an important cause of community acquired pneumonia and the commonest cause of community acquired bacterial pneumonia. It also causes invasive pneumococcal disease that increases hospitalization rates, economic burden, morbidity and ...
Salil Bendre, Vikrant Tari, Varsha Narayanan   +2 more
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A Case of Pneumococcal Necrotizing Pneumonia in an Adult

Respirology Case Reports
A 50‐year‐old woman with pneumococcal pneumonia developed cavitary lung lesions despite antibiotic therapy, leading to a diagnosis of necrotizing pneumonia.
Shimpei Kajie, Kentaro Nakamura, Tomohiro Moriya   +2 more
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PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND VACCINATION — CAN PREVENTION REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE ILLNESS

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2007
The article gives the findings of the widest ranging research carried on in the USA to appraise the efficiency of vaccination by the study of the hospitalization frequency for pneumonia of any etiology and for dehydration after the program of ...
L.S. Namazova, M.G. Galitskaya, M.V. Fedoseenko   +2 more
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Pneumococcal vaccines and pneumonias [PDF]

Jornal de Pediatria, 2012
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