Objective: To characterize risk factors for invasive pneumococcal infection in a nursing home
outbreak. Design: Outbreak investigation, case-control study. Setting: A 114-bed nursing …

We performed an observational analysis of pro-spectively collected data on 1,474 adult
patients who were hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia; 1,169 patients were …

During the 20 years following its licensure, pneumococcal vaccine has not been widely
used. Although the vaccine was shown to be efficacious in South African gold miners …

Background Older age and certain medical conditions are known to modify the risk of
pneumococcal disease among adults. We quantified the risk of pneumococcal disease …

Pneumococcal vaccination of older persons is thought to be cost-effective in preventing
pneumococcal pneumonia, but evidence of clinical protection is uncertain. Because there is …

Recent studies have shown that there are approximately 40,000 to 45,000 cases of invasive
pneumococcal disease and 480,000 to 800,000 hospital discharges for pneumococcal …

Pneumococcal disease and influenza are major causes of morbidity and mortality
particularly among the elderly. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination are recommended …

Serious pneumococcal infections continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
the United States. This is especially true for pneumococcal pneumonia. For example, in …

On April 24, 2001, seven cases of pneumococcal pneumonia with bacteremia among
residents of a nursing home were reported to the Hamilton Township Department of Health …

Objective: To describe a pneumonia outbreak caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae among
residents of a home for the aged and to review contemporary pneumococcal outbreaks …