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Pneumococcal Infections and Pneumococcal Vaccine: An Update
Infection Control, 1982AbstractPneumococcal pneumonia continues to be an important disease in terms of prevalence, morbidity and mortality. With the discovery of penicillin and its wide clinical use, the overall mortality of pneumococcal pneumonia has been significantly reduced, but problems remain.
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Efficacy of Pneumococcal Vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine, 1981To the Editor.— At a time when infectious disease physicians are disturbed by underutilization of the pneumococcal vaccine, it is distressing to read in the editorial by David W. Fraser, MD, and Claire V. Broome, MD (1981; 245:498), that "we found evidence that the efficacy of the vaccine for highrisk groups may be very low." In making this statement ...
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Evaluation of Pneumococcal Vaccine
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1981To the Editor.— Regarding the article entitled "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immunization of Pneumococcal Pneumonia" by Patrick and Woolley (1981; 245:473), this analysis and one published previously 1 required estimation of a number of variables, including incidence of vaccine reactions and vaccine-type Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in vaccine ...
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Pneumococcal Vaccine: An Update
Pediatrics, 1999* Abbreviation: HIV = : human immunodeficiency virus Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of invasive bacterial infection in children. In addition, the organism causes 30% to 50% of cases of acute otitis media; 24 million visits to pediatricians per year in the United States are referable to this diagnosis.1 It is also ...
R P, Wadwa, R D, Feigin
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Pneumococcal vaccination of children
Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2002Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most frequent cause of invasive bacterial infection in children younger than 2 years of age, reaching a peak incidence at 6 to 12 months of age. Pneumococci also cause many cases of pneumonia, sinusitis, and otitis media.
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2001Pneumococcal infections account for a significant proportion of bacterial infections in infants and children. The growing threat from pneumococci resistant to penicillin and other antimicrobials has led to increased pressure for the development of an effective vaccine.
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Pneumococcal Vaccine and Splenectomy
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980To the Editor.— Regarding the answer in the QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS section by Theodore H. Spaet, MD (242:1413, 1979), I want to comment on the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in the spleenless patients. General studies and reports pertinent to the value of the vaccine in asplenic patients have been published.
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Pneumococcal Vaccine in the Elderly
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1988Excerpt To the Editor:There may be a bias in the ascertainment of vaccination status affecting the results of the study by Sims and colleagues on the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine (1).
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