title: [Pneumococcal infections: Appraisal and perspectives in terms of adult vaccination].
abstract: Pneumococcal diseases are the first cause of bacterial infections in adult and in the aged adult. While its considerable morbi-mortality is potentially preventable through vaccination, the interest of anti-pneumococcal vaccination in these populations is still debated. Effectiveness appraisal of current anti-pneumococcal vaccines and the perspectives in terms of preventive strategies against Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the adult population are presented.
authors.affiliation: CHUV, service de médecine interne, 46, rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: Laila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baratali
authors.affiliation: CHUV, service de médecine interne, 46, rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse; CHUV, service de gériatrie et de réhabilitation gériatrique, Mont Paisible 16 (MP16/04/414), 1011 Lausanne, Suisse; Anglia Ruskin University, Health and wellbeing academy, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni. Electronic address: pierre-olivier.lang@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: Pierre Olivier
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate