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51. Asthma and pneumococcal disease

Author

Worcester, Sharon

Subjects
Asthma -- Research, Asthma -- Diagnosis, Pneumococcal infections -- Risk factors
Abstract

Asthma is an independent risk factor for invasive pneumococcal disease, a nested case-control study suggests. Patients with asthma had a 2.4-fold higher risk, compared with controls. Asthma was present in [...]

Published
2005

52. Drug-resistant infections drop with Prevnar use

Author

Zoler, Mitchel L.

Subjects
Immunotherapy -- Research, Pneumococcal infections -- Risk factors
Abstract

PHILADELPHIA -- A drop in the incidence of penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections is the latest, unexpected dividend from widespread use of Prevnar, the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine for infants and children, Dr. [...]

Published
2004

53. Invasive pneumococcal risk

Author

Worcester, Sharon

Subjects
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Health aspects, Smoking -- Health aspects, Pneumococcal infections -- Risk factors
Abstract

Alcohol consumption and smoking each significantly increase the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, and the combination of the two increases the risk sixfold, reported Dr. Thomas L. Benfield of the [...]

Published
2003

55. Pneumococcal disease: is it still a threat?

Subjects
Pneumococcal infections -- Risk factors, Pneumococcal infections -- Care and treatment, Vaccination -- Health aspects, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental
Abstract

A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (38, p. 1632, 2004) reported that even with the availability of potent combination HIV therapy (HAART), HIV+ individuals are still at [...]

Published
2004

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