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Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory Practice Patients [PDF]

, 2017
AIM: To improve the pneumococcal vaccination initiation rates in patients 65 years and older in Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory Practice (JHAP) to the institutional quality measure goal of 80% over a 4 month period from January to May of 2017.https://jdc ...
Enriquez, MD, Matthew, Kramer, MD, Daniel, Laothamatas, MD, Kemarut, Yan, MD, Linda   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Analysis of pneumococcal vaccination status and its influencing factors among young and middle-aged populations: an online survey

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo understand the pneumococcal vaccination status and its influencing factors among young and middle-aged populations, and provide reference for promoting pneumococcal vaccination.
Ziying CHEN, Sijia ZHOU, Xin JIANG, Wen LIU, Yuhang MA, Kai WANG, Zhixiang DAI, Shuhan TANG, Chengxi ZHENG, Jianli HU, Zhihang PENG   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pneumococcal Immunization Strategies for High-Risk Pediatric Populations Worldwide: One Size Does Not Fit All

Vaccines, 2021
Despite the significant reduction in pneumococcal disease due to pneumococcal vaccines, protection of vulnerable high-risk individuals, especially pediatric populations, remains a great challenge.
Theano Lagousi, Ioanna Papadatou, Petros Strempas, Elena Chatzikalil, Vana Spoulou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pneumococcal vaccine and opsonic pneumococcal antibody [PDF]

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2013
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen responsible for the majority of bacterial pneumonia cases as well as invasive pneumococcal diseases with high mortality and morbidity. Use of conjugate vaccines targeting the pneumococcal capsule has dramatically reduced the incidence of invasive diseases, and there are active efforts to further ...
Robert L. Burton, Joon Young Song, Joon Young Song, M. Allen Moseley, Moon H. Nahm   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy

Aging Cell, EarlyView.
Post‐menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre‐menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) use in menopausal females (44–60 years) decreases the frequency of inflammatory monocytes and improves phagocytosis as compared to age ...
R. P. H. De Maeyer, J. Sikora, O. V. Bracken, B. Shih, A. F. Lloyd, H. Peckham, K. Hollett, K. Abdelhamid, W. Cai, M. James, P. E. Pfeffer, M. Vukmanovic‐Stejic, A. N. Akbar, E. S. Chambers   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personalized Cancer Vaccines in the Clinical Trial Pipeline

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
This study analyzes the current landscape of personalized cancer vaccine clinical trials, highlighting trends in vaccine platforms, trial phases, and geographic distribution. Peptide and dendritic cell vaccines dominate early‐stage research, with promising immune responses observed in melanoma, glioblastoma, and urothelial cancer trials.
Liudmila Iamukova, Elena Alferova
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]

, 2016
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Anderson, ST, Bah, G, Cunnington, A, Darboe, S, Lawal, B, Soothill, G   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Redefining risk categories for pneumococcal disease in adults: critical analysis of the evidence

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objective: To analyze the available published data (2005–2014) describing the prevalence of multimorbidity in adult patients with pneumococcal disease, with a focus on the comorbidities considered by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Daniel Curcio, Alejandro Cané, Raúl Isturiz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic Treatment of Moderate to Severe Alopecia Areata in Adults: Updated Australian Expert Consensus Statement

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over 5000 patients are newly diagnosed with Alopecia areata (AA) in Australia each year. AA severity varies from a single small patch to complete loss of scalp hair, body hair including eyelashes and eyebrows. Approximately 40% of affected individuals experience only a single patch and achieve spontaneous, complete and durable remission within
Daniella Kushnir‐Grinbaum, Laita Bokhari, John Frewen, Anthony Moussa, Daranporn Triwongwaranat, Ragini Ghiya, Flavia Rodrigues Dias, Shin Shen Yong, Bevin Bhoyrul, Zeyad Dabbagh, Ahmed Kazmi, Adam Daunton, Jane Li, Leona Yip, Vivian Lai, Katherine York, William Cranwell, Dmitri Wall, Samantha Eisman, Rodney Sinclair   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taiwan consensus on pulmonary chronic graft‐versus‐host disease: A joint statement from the Taiwan Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (TBMT) and Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM)

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Summary Pulmonary chronic graft‐versus‐host disease (cGVHD), particularly bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), is a severe complication of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT) with significant morbidity and mortality.
Xavier Cheng‐Hong Tsai, Zong‐Han Yao, Shu‐Wei Chou, Han‐Chung Hu, Yi‐Chang Liu, Chia‐Hung Chen, Su‐Peng Yeh, Wei‐Chang Huang, Tung‐Liang Lin, Tsung‐Ming Yang, Ching‐Han Lai, Hsin‐Kuo Ko, Yao‐Wen Kuo, Hsao‐Hsun Hsu, Shih‐Lung Cheng, Chi‐Cheng Li, Bor‐Sheng Ko, Hao‐Chien Wang, on behalf of the Taiwan Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source