Pneumococcal Disease
New pneumococcal disease study results reported from University of Groningen
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 4th, 2009
"The Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide capsule may be related to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) course. We performed a retrospective cohort study with nationally representative surveillance data from 1075 hospitalized patients with IPD from the Netherlands from 1 June 2004 through 31 May 2006 in the prevaccination era," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases report.
"Serotypes were grouped according to invasive disease potential, rate of the most serious clinical syndromes of meningitis and bacteremia without focus, and case-fatality rates. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to obtain odds ratios adjusted...
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