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Estimating the proportion of pneumonia attributable to pneumococcus in Kenyan adults: latent class analysis [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization among African adults, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is assumed to be a frequent cause.
Scott, J Anthony G +9 more
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money +5 more
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Estudio sobre el polisacárido Cx del pneumococcus
, 1967 El presente trabajo fue realizado con el objeto de estudiar algunos aspectos de la constitución bioquímica y de la actividad biológica de un polisacárido obtenido del Pneumococcus pneumoniae (24-13-9), el cual será usado en el futuro para ...
Guzmán U., Miguel, Miguel Guzmán U.
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Variation in blood culture testing in children hospitalized with three common infections
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Routine blood culture (BCx) testing in uncomplicated community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP), skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), and urinary tract infections (UTI) has demonstrated low clinical utility. Objectives To evaluate hospital‐level BCx testing trends and their association with clinical outcomes for children hospitalized ...
Smit Shah +13 more
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Pneumococcal Vaccines: Past Findings, Present Work, and Future Strategies
Vaccines, 2021 The importance of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been well established. These bacteria can colonize infants and adults without symptoms, but in some cases can spread, invade other tissues and cause disease with high morbidity and mortality. The development
Giuliana S. Oliveira +3 more
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.Abstract Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric transplant recipients, despite significant advances in transplantation management. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to prevent infections; however, its efficacy is hindered in solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
Valeria Casotti +35 more
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Pneumococcus: the sugar-coated bacterium
, 2010 The study of Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) had been a central issue in medicine for many decades until the use of antibiotics became generalized.
López, Rubens
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Refractory Eczema as a Presenting Feature of Common Variable Immunodeficiency
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most prevalent symptomatic inborn error of immunity (IEI) in adults. It presents with recurrent infections and non‐infectious complications, including autoimmunity, lymphoproliferation and dermatitis.
Mercedes Sanchez‐Diaz +2 more
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IMMUNIZATION IN PNEUMOCOCCUS INFECTIONS [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1912 The formation of antibodies in those infections due to bacteria which produce little or no soluble toxins is held to be due to the stimulus of the whole bacterium in question. Intoxication and immunization are held to be due to the same cause. The idea that there are produced during infections substances purely toxic in nature which do not call forth ...
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