Sentences with phrase «with pneumococcal»

For example, a person suffering with pneumococcal pneumonia may have chest pain, cough, purulent sputum, and fever.

Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

The authors noted that there was a significant drop in in - hospital mortality associated with pneumococcal meningitis after 2005.

Not exact matches

A team of officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) are expected to arrive in the country this week, to help the Health Ministry and the Ghana Health Service deal with the deadly pneumococcal meningitis.

«As with most pneumococcal infections, it should be appreciated that localized nonlethal infections are much more common than the rapidly lethal presentations,» says Swords.

The researchers then infected younger and older mice with the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes so - called pneumococcal pneumonia.

Research from The University of Manchester has found a shortfall in the uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among those diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), potentially increasing their infection risk.

«Our findings confirm the utmost importance of co-contribution of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in reduction of burden of severe diarrhea and respiratory diseases reduction, especially during winter, the season with peak hospitalization rates of young children,» said principal investigator, Ron Dagan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.

Randomized clinical trial of a single versus a double dose of 13 - valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in adults 55 through 74 years of age previously vaccinated with 23 - valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

Addressing these questions is particularly important for Streptococcus pneumoniae, a nasopharyngeal commensal and respiratory pathogen, because the changes in population structure associated with the recent introduction of partial - coverage vaccines have substantially reduced pneumococcal disease.

For 30 (91 %) of 33 patients with dual serotypes, one or both isolates were a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) serotype.

In February 2002, the 7 - valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV)(Prevenar; Wyeth, Sydney) was provided free in NSW for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and others at high risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) at two, four and six months of age.1 This was a response to higher rates of IPD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children compared with the total child population.2 (For ease of reporting, henceforth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander will be referred to as Aboriginal.)