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Pneumonia
Reports outline pneumonia study results from University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Medicine
March 25th, 2009
Fresh data on pneumonia are presented in the report 'New insights into pneumococcal disease.' "Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains a common cause of disease and death throughout the world. Despite considerable research into various aspects of this infection, there still remain a number of unresolved issues, as well as considerable ongoing controversies, particularly with regard to its optimal management," scientists in South Africa report. "Among the risk factors for pneumococcal pneumonia, cigarette smoking has been shown to play a major role, more recently among HIV-infected individuals. Considerable recent research has focused on determining the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-25)
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