Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children <5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against ...

Rapid syndromic polymerase chain reaction testing in the ICU vs standard-of-care testing improves antibiotic stewardship but ...

There are around 100 different pneumococcal serotypes, causing non-invasive disease like pneumonia confined to the lungs and invasive disease where the infection can spread to the bloodstream or ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

Dominance of the pneumococcal vaccine category is a race ... from the FDA for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by serotypes 3, 6A/C, 7F, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15A, 15B ...

With pneumococcal pneumonia, up to 25% to 30% of people will have bacteremia. With bacteremia, bacteria can travel to and infect other organs, including: Septicemia, also called blood poisoning, may ...

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An antibiotic stewardship intervention at urgent care centers was associated with lower rates of inappropriate prescribing for bronchitis and viral upper respiratory infections, although active ...

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