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Are the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines effective? Meta-analysis of the prospective trials

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2000
The objective was to review the evidence of effectiveness of the polyvalent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine from prospective properly randomised controlled trials comparing pneumococcal vaccines with placebo in subjects who are immunocompetent and ...
Lipsky Benjamin A   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Western Baptist Hospital: Problem-Solving With Pneumonia Care Performance Improvement Teams [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Describes successful strategies for strengthening pneumonia care, including multidisciplinary performance improvement teams, process improvements built into staff routines, peer collaboratives, standard order sets, and feedback through concurrent ...
Aimee Lashbrook
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Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: a case-control study in The Gambia.

open access: yes, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between child mortality and common preventive interventions: vaccination, trained birthing attendants, tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding and vitamin A supplementation. METHODS: Case-control study in
Adegbola, Richard A   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of isolated from hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Italy

open access: yesSAGE 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fractional order of pneumococcal pneumonia infection model with Caputo Fabrizio operator

open access: gold, 2021
Olumuyiwa James Peter   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Shingles & Pneumococcal Vaccines: Recommendations for Older Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
As the immune system tends to weaken over time, patients aged 50+ begin having increased risk for certain potentially preventable diseases, especially shingles and pneumonia.
Flinn, Benjamin
core   +1 more source

Efficacy of conjugate vaccines in pneumococcal infection prevention

open access: yesЖурнал 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of infant pneumococcal vaccination on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity, mortality and expenditure of health resources. Since the introduction of conjugated pneumococcal vaccines (PCV) in infant immunization programs in 2000s, there is consistent evidence of pneumonia reduction ...
Froes, Filipe   +6 more
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Overlapping functionality of the Pht proteins in zinc homeostasis of streptococcus pneumoniae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a globally significant pathogen that causes a range of diseases, including pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, and otitis media. Its ability to cause disease depends upon the acquisition of nutrients from its environment, including
Eijkelkamp, Bart A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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