The majority of adult pneumococcal invasive infections in Portugal are still potentially vaccine preventable in spite of significant declines of serotypes 1 and 5

AN Horacio, J Diamantino-Miranda, SI Aguiar… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In Portugal, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have been administered to children outside
of the national immunization plan since 2001. We determined the serotype and antimicrobial …

Systematic review of the effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine dosing schedules on vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease among young children

L Conklin, JD Loo, J Kirk… - The Pediatric …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) are being implemented globally
using a variety of different schedules. The optimal schedule to maximize protection of …

Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among high-risk adults since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children

RD Muhammad, R Oza-Frank, E Zell… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Certain chronic diseases increase risk for invasive pneumococcal disease
(IPD) and are indications for receipt of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine …

Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among children less than 5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2010 to 2012

C von Mollendorf, C Cohen, L de Gouveia… - The Pediatric …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes significant disease burden,
especially in developing countries, even in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and …

The impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease: a literature review

TTH Myint, H Madhava, P Balmer, D Christopoulou… - Advances in …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD),
such as bacteremic pneumonia, bacteremia, meningitis, and sepsis, and non-IPDs, such as …

Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infections in children aged 0–6 years in Denmark: a 19‐year nationwide surveillance study

MS Kaltoft, N Zeuthen, HB Konradsen - Acta Paediatrica, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive disease burden in
Danish children was evaluated by analysing the results from the last 19 years of a …

Relationship between serotypes, age, and clinical presentation of invasive pneumococcal disease in Madrid, Spain, after introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal …

J Picazo, J Ruiz-Contreras… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
To assess invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) clinical presentations and relationships
with age and serotype in hospitalized children (< 15 years) after PCV7 implementation in …

Invasive pneumococcal disease in infants younger than 90 days before and after introduction of PCV7

L Olarte, K Ampofo, C Stockmann, EO Mason… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)
changed the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We evaluated the …

Pneumococcal vaccination: what have we learnt so far and what can we expect in the future?

A Torres, P Bonanni, W Hryniewicz… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Individuals< 2 years and≥ 50 years of age, as well as those with other specific risk factors,
are especially vulnerable to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Conjugate vaccines …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infection in children aged five years and under in Saudi Arabia: a five-year retrospective surveillance study

ZA Memish, A El-Saed, B Al-Otaibi… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children
aged≤ 5 years in Saudi Arabia has not been described. We conducted a retrospective …