While children under five, particularly those under two, are the most vulnerable, pneumococcal diseases also affect adults.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has assembled nearly 200 stories and dozens of testimonials on the horrors of ...

Young children are especially vulnerable ... into Dhaka Shishu at the age of three with what turned out to be pneumococcal meningitis, was propped up in a small plastic armchair beside the ...

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A retrospective study finds no effect of corticosteroids on overall mortality in children with bacterial meningitis — morbidity was not evaluated. Use of adjuvant corticosteroids for treatment ...

What is the pneumococcal vaccine? This vaccine protects against pneumococcal infections, which mostly happen in children younger than age 5 and can lead to some dangerous childhood diseases.

Pneumococcal (except meningitis) children: 600,000 units; adults 1.2 million units; give every 2–3 days until afebrile for 48hrs. Not for IV use; do not inject into or near an artery or nerve.

A study evaluated a pneumococcal vaccine containing 8 (types 1, 3, 6, 7, 14, 18, 19, and 23) capsular polysaccharides in children and young adults aged 2 to 25 years with sickle cell disease ...