[Epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory observations of some Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes implicated in the evolution of asthma in children].
The Authors present the results of a multidisciplinary study carried out on a sample of 103 children comprised in a programme of vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, in order to avoid the worsening of their asthma. In the nasopharyngeal exudate of 39 children, we detected the presence of S. pneumoniae strains of serotypes 6, 8, 14, and 19 and their absence after vaccination with PNEUMO 23. This was followed by a significant decrease in the incidence of pneumococcal infections and also by the reduction in the frequency of crises and severity of the disease.
Duceac
Letiţia Doina
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Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţe Sf. Maria laşi, Compartimentul de Epidemiologie, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină.
Goţia
Stela
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Coman
Gabriela
G
Manole
Alina
A
Ioniuc
Ileana
I
D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines