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The prevention of pneumococcal infections
Editorial Streptococcus pneumoniae causes considerable number of diseases like pneumonia, bacteremia or sepsis, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, osteo-myelitis, septic arthritis, and soft tissue infection [1-3]. According to the Korean statistics of death, 12,021 people died of pneumonia during the year 2014, mortality is 23.7 per 100,000 people, accounting for 4....
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of disease, ranging from uncomplicated respiratory infections to severe invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), including bacteraemic pneumonia, septicaemia with unknown focus and meningitis. Case fatality rate (CFR) remains high and antibiotic resistance is increasing globally. Str. pneumoniae is surrounded by a polysaccharide capsule that can be divided ...
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of multiantimicrobial resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae continues to increase worldwide. In patients presenting with infection possibly due to pneumococci, recognition of risk factors that would identify those likely to have an antibiotic-resistant isolate might assist clinicians in choosing the most appropriate empirical therapy. METHODS A prospective cohort...
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A survey of the prevalent types of pneumococci responsible for causing pneumonia, pneumococcal meningitis and empyema has been considered a useful line of investigation, because of the aid it may give in elucidating the epidemiology of pneumonias and in determining their specific therapy. Such a survey, however, is an extremely laborious and technical piece of work, involving as it does the inv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1928
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.3541.891