Streptococcus pneumoniae: epidemiology, risk factors, and strategies for prevention

JP Lynch, GG Zhanel - Seminars in respiratory and critical care …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia,
meningitis, and bacteremia in children and adults. Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) …

Association of Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Disease Severity and Outcome in Adults: An International Study

SRJ Alanee, L McGee, D Jackson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. The introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccination for children has
reduced the burden of invasive disease due to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) …

[HTML][HTML] Nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

E Bouza, V Pintado, S Rivera, R Blázquez… - Clinical microbiology …, 2005 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A retrospective study of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia among adult
patients in two large teaching hospitals in Spain identified 108 (10.6%) of 1020 episodes as …

Factores de riesgo asociados a complicaciones intrahospitalarias, en adultos mayores del Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Lima, 2010

MV Lizarbe Castro, P Gamarra Samaniego… - Horizonte Médico …, 2015 - scielo.org.pe
Objetivo: La prolongación de la esperanza de vida; la prevalencia de enfermedades
crónicas; los cambios fisiológicos que ocurren en el envejecimiento; el deterioro del estado …

Defining the population-based burden of nosocomial pneumococcal bacteremia

O Lyytikäinen, P Klemets, P Ruutu… - Archives of internal …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Background The characteristics, risk factors, and outcome of patients with nosocomial
pneumococcal bacteremia (NPB) have not been described in large, population-based …

Hospital-acquired pneumococcal bacteremia

JJ Canet, N Juan, M Xercavins… - Clinical infectious …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
To assess the most relevant features of hospital-acquired pneumococcal bacteremia, all
cases of pneumococcal bacteremia at a single teaching hospital that occurred during 1988 …

In vitro susceptibility of recent clinical isolates of pneumococci to the investigational cephalosporin cefditoren

JA Karlowsky, ME Jones, DC Draghi… - … and infectious disease, 2002 - Elsevier
From February to June 2000, 2,597 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were
prospectively collected from 146 clinical laboratories across the United States (US) and …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital-onset adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Israel: Sicker patients, different pathogens

A Kenig, G Regev-Yochay, S Khakshoor… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) usually has its onset in the community (CO-
IPD), but it can commence following hospitalization (HO-IPD). This study compared HO-IPD …

Comparison of clinical features, antimicrobial susceptibility, serotype distribution and outcomes of patients with hospital-and community-associated invasive …

SH Lin, WH Liao, CC Lai, CK Tan, CH Liao… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hospital-associated invasive pneumococcal disease (HA-IPD) is infrequently reported. A
retrospective surveillance of IPD in a medical centre in Taiwan was conducted from 2000 to …

Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Metropolitan New York Hospitals: Case Control Study and Molecular Typing of Resistant Isolates

RB Roberts, A Tomasz, A Corso, J Hargrave… - Microbial Drug …, 2001 - liebertpub.com
During the 4-month period from January to April, 1998, 476 patients with Streptococcus
pneumoniae infections were detected in 12 metropolitan New York hospitals and 112 …