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Pneumococcal Disease
New data from Mayo Clinic illuminate research in pneumococcal disease
November 26th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Individuals with asthma have been reported to be at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). These findings need to be confirmed in a different population-based study setting." "We assessed whether serious pneumococcal disease (SPD), defined as an IPD, pneumococcal pneumonia, or both, was associated with asthma status. This is a retrospective case-control study using criteria-based methods for ascertaining SPD, as well as asthma. Subjects were residents of Rochester, Minnesota, who had SPD between 1964 and 1983 (the primarily pre-pneumococcal vaccine era) and their age-and sex-matched control subjects using 1:2...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-26)
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