Anti-pneumococcal vaccination in Cuba. Challenges by Dunia María Chávez Amaro, María Felicia Casanova González, Jorge Luis Capote Padrón

“…In Cuba, in spite of the efforts, the anti-pneumococcal vaccine has not been introduced and for more of a decade time scientists have been working in a heptavalent conjugated vaccine, currently in an advanced clinical evaluation. …”
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Changes and determinants of pneumococcal vaccine uptake in Ethiopia. by Biniyam Tedla Mamo, Ferehiwot Gebrehiwot Geram, Kebron Yihenew Getnet, Zelalem Tazu Bonger

“…This study assesses changes in pneumococcal vaccine coverage over time and identifies factors associated with the vaccine uptake. …”
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Factors Affecting Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Study by Selen T, Merhametsiz Ö, Öneç K, Ercan Z, İslam M, Altun G, Pınar M, Demir ME

“…It is recommended that dialysis patients receive the pneumococcal vaccine every five years and the influenza vaccine annually. …”
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Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey by Youngju Kim, Hironori Taniguchi, Kotoba Okuyama, Junpei Kamimoto, Kenji Kawakami

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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

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Implementation of a Targeted Technologic Screening Tool to Increase Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake in Health-System Retail Pharmacies: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Annika Skogg, Alicia Zagel, R. May O'Donnell, Ann Philbrick, Mary Nelson, Allyson Schlichte, Kassie Klasen

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Attitudes Toward General Vaccination Mediate the Association Between Influenza Vaccination History and Pneumococcal Vaccination Intention Among Older Adults in China by Siwen Huang, Chi Ruan, Yan Jiang, Yudan Song, Yuhang Zhang, Zeying Qin, Xinyu Shi, Mengyue Zhang, Jingtao Zhou, Dingwan Chen, Yongkang Xiao, Liang Wang, Lili Tian, Rui Peng, Zongchao Peng, Sitong Luo

“…<b>Background:</b> Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations play a crucial role in disease prevention among older adults and are recommended to older adults aged 60 years and over in China, but the vaccination rates are suboptimal. …”
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Establishing a new human pneumococcal standard reference serum, MPRSS-01 by Joseph M. Antonello, Rocio D. Murphy, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Juliana C. Malinverni, Rajam Gowrisankar, Tina Green, Rebecca Greway, Jenna Schmauch, Adrienne Howlett, Cyrille J. Bonhomme, Katrina M. Nolan

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Vaccination Coverage of the Elderly in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Study by Dimitrios Papagiannis, Georgios Rachiotis, Anargiros Mariolis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

“…The mean age of the participants was 73.3 years, and 83% vaccination coverage for flu vaccine, 49.5% for conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, and 23.5% for polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine were recorded. …”
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Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Carriage in the Conjugate Vaccine Era with a Focus on Pneumococci by V. T. Devine, J. M. Jefferies, S. C. Clarke, S. N. Faust

“…It has been shown that, following PCV7 introduction, an eradication of pneumococcal vaccine types has resulted in increases in the abundance of other respiratory pathogens including Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus. …”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Martín Brizuela, María Carolina Palermo, Tomás Alconada, María Macarena Sandoval, Eugenia Ramirez Wierzbicki, Joaquín Cantos, Paula Gagetti, Agustín Ciapponi, Ariel Bardach, Silvina Ruvinsky

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the pneumococcal nasopharyngeal burden in all age groups in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) before, during, and after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine conjugate (PVC).<h4>Methods</h4>Systematic literature review of international, regional, and country-published and unpublished data, together with reports including data from serotype distribution in nasopharyngeal carriage in children and adults from LAC countries following Cochrane methods. …”
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Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease in Sudan: Complications and Management by Meysaa Talha, Bashier Osman, Safa Abdalla, Hind Mirghani, Iman Abdoon

“…Prophylactic penicillin was prescribed for 15% of patients, and 41.1% were immunized with pneumococcal vaccine (PPSV23). Most patients had been scheduled for planned follow-up visits every 3–6 months (93.2%). …”
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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

“…Patient management was influenced by host predisposition to pneumococcal infection, antibiotic intolerance, and poor response to polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine. Indirect immunofluorescence with anti-human immunoglobulin confirmed a poor or intermediate response to Pneumovax II. …”
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The Spectrum of Pulmonary Disease in Patients with HIV Infection by Julio Sg Montaner, Leila Spour, Carlos Zala

“…Current recommendations stress the need for pneumococcal vaccine, yearly flu vaccination and routine screening with tuberculin skin test (PPD). …”
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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 t... 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

“…Abstract Background To estimate the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease, non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, and acute otitis media before and after inclusion of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) into Taiwan’s Childhood Immunization Program in 2015. …”
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Megapneumonia Coinfection: pneumococcus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Metapneumovirus by Kam Lun Hon, Margaret Ip, Winnie Chiu Wing Chu, William Wong

“…We report a young girl who died of Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A pneumonia, septic shock, and hemolytic uremic syndrome despite prior pneumococcal vaccination, appropriate antibiotics, and aggressive intensive care support. …”
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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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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

“…The calibrated modelis then used to assess the impact of the recent federally funded program thatprovides pneumococcal vaccines to large risk groups. The results presentedhere suggest the state of these infections may be changing in response to theprograms, and warrants close quantitative monitoring.…”
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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease – A multicenter observational study from India by Sham Santhanam, Pravin Patil, Mohit Goyal, C B Mithun, Parthajit Das, Kavitha Mohanasundaram, Neeraj Jain, Vijaya Prasanna, Keerthi Talari, Himanshu Pathak, Parshant Aggarwal, Deepika Ponnuru, Vikram Raj Jain, Sharath Kumar

“…The number of patients with complete influenza and pneumococcal vaccination was low and this issue needs to be specifically addressed. …”
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The Role of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in Ocular Infectious Diseases by Angela H. Benton, Mary E. Marquart

“…It is also one of the top pathogens contributing to bacterial keratitis and conjunctivitis. Though two pneumococcal vaccines exist for the prevention of nonocular diseases, they do little to fully prevent ocular infections. …”
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