Outputs (2)

Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013–2023) and the role of serotype 3 (2024)
Journal Article
Lansbury, L., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., Pick, H., Baskaran, V., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Matthews, L., Bailey, H., Ashton, D., Bendall, L., Rodrigo, C., Daniel, P., Litt, D., Eletu, S., Parmar, H., Sheppard, C. L., Ladhani, S., Trotter, C., & Lim, W. S. (2024). Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013–2023) and the role of serotype 3. Thorax, https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221976

Background With higher valency pneumococcal vaccines on the horizon and new adult immunisation strategies under discussion, we aimed to evaluate the contribution of individual pneumococcal serotypes to the burden of pneumococcal community-acquired pn... Read More about Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013–2023) and the role of serotype 3.

Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (2024)
Journal Article
Lansbury, L., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., Pick, H., Baskaran, V., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Ashton, D., Rodrigo, C., Daniel, P., Litt, D., Eletu, S., Parmar, H., Sheppard, C. L., Ladhani, S., Trotter, C., & Lim, W. S. (2024). Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia. Journal of Infection, 89(5), Article 106277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106277

Objectives

We aimed to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for nasopharyngeal and oral pneumococcal carriage in adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and the relationship between carried and disease-causing serotypes.

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