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Pneumococcal vaccine does not appear to protect against pneumonia
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Review: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines effective at preventing child deaths
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective agains ...
Pediatric vaccine effectively prevents pneumococcal meningitis
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of another disease, pneumococcal meningitis, in children and adults, according to a multi-center ...
Vaccines have not curbed rate of ear infection complications
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The introduction of pneumococcal vaccines for treating otitis media in children has not prevented complications from occurring, according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck ...
Vaccinated infants well-protected against severe pneumococcal infection in Norway
Jul 09, 2008 |
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In 2006, a pneumococcal vaccine (Prevenar®) was introduced in the childhood vaccination programme in Norway. Two years later, the experiences have been published in the journal Vaccine. The results show a strong decline in ser ...
Study finds increased risk of pneumococcal disease in asthma patients
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic research shows adults with asthma are at increased risk of serious pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common bacteria causing middle ear infections and community acquired pneumonia. ...
Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2008 |
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A new predictive model shows that vaccinating infants with 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)--the current recommendation--not only saves lives and money during a normal flu season by preventing related bacterial ...
New vaccine shows promise for COPD patients at risk for pneumonia
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A new vaccine against pneumonia may offer better protection from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients than the currently accepted vaccine, according to recent research that will be published in the September ...
Deceiving cell walls
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Approximately 1.6 million people die worldwide every year as a result of pneumococcal infection, which causes grave illnesses, including pneumonia, meningitis, and middle-ear infections. Children ...
How will childhood pneumonia change if vaccine campaigns are a success?
Apr 22, 2008 |
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In developing countries, two bacteria, pneumococcus and Hib, are the dominant causes of severe pneumonia in children.
New insights could lead to a better pneumococcal vaccine
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Discovery of a new, previously unknown mechanism of immunity suggests that there may be a better way to protect vulnerable children and adults against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infection, say researchers at ...
Reduced-dose schedule for pneumococcal vaccine in infants shows effectiveness
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Infants who received two or three primary doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) both had a decreased rate of carrying pneumococcal microorganisms that can cause pneumonia and other infections, compared ...
Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Tuesday sought U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a bacteria that causes pneumonia and other diseases.
Despite vaccine, public should not get complacent about pneumococcal disease
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not get complacent, as non-vaccine strains, some ...
How meningitis bacteria attack the brain
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A specific protein on the surface of a common bacterial pathogen allows the bacteria to leave the bloodstream and enter the brain, initiating the deadly infection known as meningitis. The new finding, which ...
