Surveillance for Pneumococcal Disease in the United States by Cynthia G Whitney

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Forecasting Trends in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Elderly Adults in Quebec by Z. Zhou, G. Deceuninck, B. Lefebvre, P. De Wals

“…Methods. Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cases in adults 65–74 years of age in the Quebec notifiable diseases registry were classified into five serotype categories. …”
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Estimation of invasive pneumococcal disease dynamics parameters and the impact of conjugate vaccination in Australia by Karyn L. Sutton, H.T. Banks, Carlos Castillo-Chávez

“…Pneumococcal diseases, or infections from the etiological agent Streptococcus pneumoniae, have long been a major cause of morbidity andmortality worldwide. …”
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Serotype 19A Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Calgary, Alberta by Leah J Ricketson, Otto G Vanderkooi, Melissa L Wood, Jenine Leal, James D Kellner

“…BACKGROUND: Streptoccocus pneumoniae serotype 19A (ST19A) became an important cause of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine.…”
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Impact of invasive and noninvasive pneumococcal diseases on adult populations: risk factors and vaccination status by Hasip Kahraman, Pınar Yıldız, Şenay Yılmaz, Gül Durmaz, Muzaffer Bilgin, Derya Çağlayan

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Preventing Pneumococcal Disease: A Canadian Consensus Conference, February 16 to 18, 1998

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Overview of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and the Role of Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Immunopathogenesis of Severe Pneumococcal Disease by Helen C. Steel, Riana Cockeran, Ronald Anderson, Charles Feldman

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How Many Individuals with Asthma Need to Be Vaccinated to Prevent One Case of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease? by Julie M Okapuu, Estelle Chétrit, Brigitte Lefebvre, Caroline Quach

“…BACKGROUND: The American Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the inclusion of adults with asthma in the high-risk category for pneumococcal vaccination based on a twofold increase in risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).…”
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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Still Lots to Learn and a Need for Standardized Data Collection Instruments by T. J. Marrie, G. J. Tyrrell, Sumit R. Majumdar, Dean T. Eurich

“…Large studies of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) are frequently lacking detailed clinical information. …”
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Temporal Variations among Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Serotypes in Children and Adults in Germany (1992–2008) by Matthias Imöhl, Ralf René Reinert, Mark van der Linden

“…Nationwide surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease has been conducted in Germany since 1992. …”
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Treated Follicular Lymphoma, Recurrent Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Nonresponsiveness to Vaccination, and a Unique Pneumococcus by Clare Murphy, Donald Inverarity, Claire McGoldrick, Lindsay Mitchell, Pamela Paterson, Louise Thom, Giles Edwards

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Assessing the Potential Impact of Vaccination Programs on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Data from Population-Based Surveillance by Allison McGeer, Karen Green, Lisa Landry, James Talbot, Ellie Goldenberg, The Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network

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Hospitalization due to pneumococcal disease in the Unified Health System in Brazil: A retrospective analysis of administrative data by Daniela V. Pachito, Mauricio Longato, Guilherme Cordeiro, Paulo H.R.F. Almeida, Ricardo Macarini Ferreira, Ana Paula N. Burian

“…Introduction: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) caused by pneumococcus and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) pose a substantial economic burden on health systems. …”
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Serotype-specific serum immunoglobulin G at 18 months of age following one or two doses of a primary series of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and a booster d... by Alane Izu, Eleanora Aml Mutsaerts, Courtney Olwagen, Lisa Jose, Anthonet Koen, Amit J Nana, Clare L. Cutland, Shabir A. Madhi

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A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the childhood immunization program in 2015 by Ting-An Yen, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom

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Multiple viral infections and antimicrobial use in hospitalized children with respiratory illness during pandemic and early post-pandemic era, Taiwan by Chyi-Liang Chen, Yi-Ching Chen, Hsuan-Ling Hsiao, Yi-Jung Chang, Hsin-Chieh Li, Merve Arslan Aydin, Cheng-Hsun Chiu

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Pneumococcal Bacteremia Presenting as Acute Parotitis and Sepsis by Ashish Kataria, Alan S. Multz

“…The underlying imunosupression caused by SLE and long-term steroid treatment could have predisposed this patient to invasive Pneumococcal disease.…”
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Pneumococcal Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Young African American: A Case for Inclusion of African Americans in Pneumococcal Vaccine Criteria by Oghenerukevwe Odiete, Olagoke Akinwande, John J. Murray, Joseph Akamah

“…However, certain independent risk factors such as cigarette smoking and being of African-American (AA) decent have been associated with a higher incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, but only cigarette smoking has been targeted by current recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunological Practices (ACIPs). …”
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Pneumococcal Pneumonia. A Case Report by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Andrés Prieto Apesteguía, Jesús Vila Díaz, Jorge Luis Capote Padrón, Kendrie Villavicencio Cardoso, Alnilam Fernández González

“…When there is an invasive pneumococcal disease as underlying condition, it has a mortality rate of 25%, and half of the surviving cases develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD). …”
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Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Chinese pediatric population: a scoping review by Xu Han, Haiyang Yu, Niurka Molina Águila, María Eugenia Toledo Romaní

“…Long-term, high-quality surveillance of the serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae is necessary for the development of pneumococcal disease prevention.…”
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