Severe pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae results in significant mortality due to various compli- cations, including pulmonary edema secondary to alveolar-capillary barrier destruction1 and cardiovascular failure1–3. Intriguingly, complications can persist even after antibiotic intervention that ...
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(unaware of splenectomy n = 2, unaware of splenectomy risk n = 8, unaware of vaccine n = 23); 3 patients had infections requiring hospitalization (pneumonia, strep throat and tonsillitis, pneumonia and bacteremia); 40 patients agreed to revaccination, and 33 patients returned for follow-up ...
In 2016, pneumococcal pneumonia was the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections across 195 countries and was responsible for 1.2 million deaths [4]. Of these, approximately 490,000 deaths were in adults >70 years of age [4]. A limited subset of the more than 95 known ...
Pneumococcaldiseasecanleadtosevere healthproblems,includingpneumonia,blood infections,andmeningitis. Meningitisisaninfectionofthecoveringof thebrain.Pneumococcalmeningitisisfairly rare(lessthan1caseper100,000peopleeach year),butitleadstootherhealthproblems, includingdeafnessandbraindamage.In children,itisfatalinabout...
Complicated pneumonia is the most common IPD seen in 90% of Sp-HUS cases [20,21,22]. Meningitis is the second most frequent IPD linked to Sp-HUS. However, these patients have a higher mortality rate than other IPD conditions (37% vs. 2%) [4,23]. An increased incidence of Sp-HUS ...
Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2017, 64, S347–S356. [CrossRef] [PubMed] Microorganisms 2021, 9, 742 27 of 28 18. Grant, L.R.; Hammitt...
children, Vaccines 2019, 7, 14 11 of 14 suggesting that nasopharyngeal swabs are not a good indication of pneumococcal OM diagnosis, as has been concluded by studies assessing the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs as a proxy for pneumococcal pneumonia aetiology across a wide range of settings [43,...