pneumococcal infection

Which groups are at high risk of complications from a pneumococcal infection?

The young, old, and ill are particularly vulnerable to pneumococcal infection.

The cause was a pneumococcal infection, his family said.

Pneumococcal infection can cause serious illness and even death.

These bacteria types are responsible for most severe pneumococcal infections among children.

It appears that expression of some genes are altered with pneumococcal infection.

This unique property became widely used to diagnose pneumococcal infection.

Despite the name, the organism causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia.

Pneumococcal infections can be very dangerous in children.

Protection is good against deep pneumococcal infections (especially septicemia and meningitis).

The vaccine is also recommended for children ages 2 to 5 who are at high risk for developing pneumococcal infections.

They're too young for the vaccine - but not too young to get very sick from pneumococcal infection.

Pneumococcal infections can be mild or severe.

Invasive pneumococcal infections in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children.

Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults.

Pneumococcal infection refers to an infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Before a vaccine was available, each year pneumococcal infection caused more than 700 cases of meningitis, 13,000 blood infections and about 5 million ear infections.

Vaccines can prevent pneumococcal infections.

Pneumococcal infections and meningococcal infections can cause bacterial meningitis.

The researchers warn that scientists must track pneumococcal infections to make sure that a new strain of the bug doesn't emerge.

When antibiotics came into use for the cure of pneumococcal infections in the 1950s and 60s, further pneumococcal vaccine development was abandoned.

Pathology associated with pneumococcal infection.

After studying pneumococcal infections in parts of eight U.S. states, the researchers find the benefit extends to children not yet vaccinated.

Wyeth responded by asserting the tactic was used to increase awareness of the potential danger represented by pneumococcal infections.

Recently, pneumococcal infections have been identified as an important complication in severe and fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection.