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Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage
Published on: February 15, 2013
[Study of adult morbidity and mortality from pneumococcus in hospital (author's transl)]
Abstract:
The authors report the retrospective study of 333 cases of pneumococcal infection recorded in in-patients at the Rouen CHU (University Hospital Centre) from january 1974 to december 1978. Pneumococcal infection involves mainly the lungs (210 cases) according to different features. Pleural involvement is found in 70 cases only. Extra-respiratory localizations are less frequently encountered; they are represented mainly by meningitis (43 cases). Prognosis depends more on diathesis factors such as age and associated pathology than on the site of infection (cases with isolated respiratory involvement being usually less severe). The authors insist on the necessity of prevention especially by vaccination, of which indication is discussed.
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