conclusions: considering the low rate of ceftriaxone resistance amongst isolated pneumcocci.in this study, only ceftriaxone treatment of adult patients with invasive pneumococcal infections (other than cns infections) is sufficient; but pediatric patients and patients with cns infections should be treated with ceftriaxone and vancomycin. apparently, diminution of vancomycin use can be resulted ...

streptococcus pneumoniae is an important problem worldwide and nasopharyngeal colonization plays significant role in pneumococcal infections. the aims of this study were to determine the nasopharyngeal colonization rate, serotyping, antibiotics susceptibility and study the risk factors for nasopharyngeal colonization with s. pneumoniae in students in kashan, iran.a cross-sectional study was con...

results the results of this study showed some s. pneumoniae serotypes were found in both sexes and some only in one sex invasive infections. for example, serotypes 10, 14, 18 and 22 were only in female patients with infections. conclusions the analysis of the results had suggested that serotypes 6 from lung and 19 from eye are the most abundant bacterial strains isolated from patients. the dise...

World Health Organization has recommended all countries to introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in routine immunization schedule, especially those countries with higher rate of mortality in children. However, Islamic Republic of Iran and more than 50 other countries including Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo V...

BACKGROUND We aimed to study if certain clinical and/or microbiological factors are associated with a high nasopharyngeal (NP) density of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pneumococcal pneumonia. In addition, we aimed to study if a high NP pneumococcal density could be useful to detect severe pneumococcal pneumonia. METHODS Adult patients hospitalized for radiologically confirmed community-acquired...

Objective: Diabetes Mellitus is a health problem that has increasingly become worldwide concern due to its high frequency and complications. Infections in patients with diabetes major cause of mortality morbidity. The purpose this study determine the rates vaccination influenza, pneumococcal, hepatitis B vaccine diabetic patients, their awareness importance necessity vaccination, how they reach...

Abstract Pneumococcal disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in older adults individuals with underlying medical conditions. To address this public health threat, pneumococcal vaccines have been developed recommended for use adult populations. This article provides comprehensive review the current recommendations vaccination discusses burden population, inc...

A randomized double-blind trial with a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was conducted in The Netherlands among 383 children, aged 1 to 7 years, with a history of recurrent acute otitis media. No effect of vaccination on the pneumococcal colonization rate was found. However, a shift in serotype distribution was clearly observed (R. Veenhoven et al., Lancet 361:2189-2195, 2003). We investi...