In most people, it causes relatively minor healthproblems (called ‘non-invasive’ infections) such as bronchitis, sinusitis (sinus inflammation) and middle-ear infections. Serious pneumococcal diseases ...

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 ...

Pneumococcal disease can be invasive or non-invasive. Non-invasive pneumococcal illnesses include pneumonia (when pneumococcal disease is confined to the lungs), whereas invasive pneumococcal ...

Pneumococcal disease can be invasive or non-invasive. Non-invasive pneumococcal illnesses include pneumonia (when pneumococcal disease is confined to the lungs), whereas invasive pneumococcal ...

Increased vaccination rates could lead to fewer cases of invasive pneumococcal diseases and pneumonia, ultimately saving ...

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Multidrug resistance became a serious concern in the treatment of invasive ... of pneumococcal diseases. After the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)-7, emergence of non-PCV7 ...

In addition to increasing vaccine coverage in older adults, they need to monitor the changing epidemiology of pneumococcal serotypes causing invasive ... 15.5 Non-VT: 6.1 Age: <5 years All types ...

Merck & Co’s – known as MSD outside the US and Canada – adult-specific 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been recommended ... has recommended that Capvaxive be used to prevent invasive ...