News tagged with pneumococcal vaccines


Vaccines have not curbed rate of ear infection complications

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Pneumococcal vaccine does not appear to protect against pneumonia

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.





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Review: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines effective at preventing child deaths

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Vaccinated infants well-protected against severe pneumococcal infection in Norway

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Inhibition of Autolysis and Cell Separation in Bacterial Cultures

Deceiving cell walls

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(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?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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.


How meningitis bacteria attack the brain

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...



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