By Adam Cresswell THE drug regulator has told GPs to stop giving patients a second dose of a vaccine that protects against pneumococcal disease, after more than 80 Australians suffered severe reactions, including severe swelling and abcesses. The Therapeutic Goods Administration said it was investigating what could have caused 178 reports of reactions to the […]
Zimbabwe: Government to Assess Vaccination Programme
GOVERNMENT will add three more new vaccines if the ongoing vaccination programme to wipe out two main child killer diseases under the immunisation month is successful, a health official has revealed. Government is targeting to eradicate measles and polio as well as reducing child deaths from vaccines-preventable diseases under the ongoing programme. In an interview […]
Pneumococcal Vaccines Lead Growth in Asian Pediatric Markets
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – April 11, 2011) – It is estimated that at least two million children die each year from diseases that could have been prevented by already existing vaccines. More than 1.2 million of these deaths, 90% of which occur in the developing world, are a result of pneumococcal diseases, according to the […]
Effects of pneumococcal vaccination program on pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease
Using a cross-sectional study, Stefan Flasche and colleagues investigated the effects of the UK pneumococcal vaccination program on serotype-specific carriage and invasive pneumococcal disease. There are more than 90 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes that can cause invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV7 contains antigens from seven serotypes responsible for IPD. Immunization with PCV7 […]
Pneumococcus: Penicillin to Prevnar
By Dr. F. Edward Yazbak Performance and Problems The abuse of penicillin and other antibiotics has led to the proliferation of resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). The wide use of Prevnar, a pediatric pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine, since 2000 is now resulting in problems that could have been anticipated and should now be disclosed. […]
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