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Pneumonia still kills 10,000 to 40,000 a year It's the leading cause of deaths from infectious diseases in the U.S.
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Two days before Thanksgiving, a friend died of streptococcal
pneumonia that followed a bout of influenza. Before getting the
flu, he was perfectly healthy with no known risk factors for lung
infections a non-smoker and occasional social drinker with a
healthy heart, immune system and respiratory tract.
He was only 58, too young in theory to warrant taking the
pneumonia vaccine, which protects people against 23 strains of
Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common causes of bacterial
pneumonia.
When I told others about how my friend died, the typical response
was, "But no one dies of ...
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Forest Laboratories Announces Positive Top-line Data from Two Pivotal Phase III Trials of Ceftaroline for the Treatment of Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) Requiring Hospitalization.
PR Newswire
; ...Moderate to Severe CABP NEW YORK, June 19, 2009 /PRNewswire...of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The top-line...severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia requiring hospitalization...Hospitalization Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia is a serious ...
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Bacterial pneumonia caused most deaths in 1918 influenza pandemic.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health
; ...Instead, most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection...in which viral damage followed by bacterial pneumonia led to the vast majority of deaths...evidence of severe, acute, secondary bacterial pneumonia, says Dr. Taubenberger. In most...
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BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA CAUSED MOST DEATHS IN 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Instead, most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection...in which viral damage followed by bacterial pneumonia led to the vast majority of deaths...evidence of severe, acute, secondary bacterial pneumonia," says Dr. Taubenberger. In...
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Reports outline bacterial pneumonia research from Z. Durakovic and colleagues.
Newspaper article from: Cardiovascular Week
; ...Zagreb, Croatia report (see also Bacterial Pneumonia). "One died suddenly during physical...autopsy the first had bilateral bacterial pneumonia, possible high-altitude non...edema. The second had bilateral bacterial pneumonia, adult respiratory distress syndrome...
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Bacterial pneumonia and pandemic influenza planning.(PERSPECTIVE)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; ...antimicrobial drugs against secondary bacterial pneumonia, a cause of substantial illness...context of pandemic influenza. Bacterial Pneumonia and Pandemic Influenza Ecologic...relationships between influenza activity and bacterial pneumonia. This association was perhaps most...
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Washington Roundup Bacterial Pneumonia, Not Flu, Blamed in 1918 Pandemic Deaths.
Magazine article from: BIOWORLD Today
; ...Donna Young, Washington Editor Bacterial pneumonia and not the flu caused most of the...reported. Viral damage followed by bacterial pneumonia led to the vast majority of deaths...evidence of severe, acute, secondary bacterial pneumonia, leading to the conclusion that...
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Bacterial pneumonia caused most deaths in 1918 flu pandemic
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...Syndication. Washington, Aug. 20 -- Bacterial pneumonia, not flu virus alone, accounted...in which viral damage followed by bacterial pneumonia led to the vast majority of deaths...time of death appeared to have been bacterial pneumonia. There also was evidence that the...
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New bacterial pneumonia study findings recently were published by researchers at University of London, Imperial College.
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly
; ...United Kingdom report (see also Bacterial Pneumonia). "This resting state is adaptable...In the extreme, this leads to bacterial pneumonia, sepsis and death," wrote T...inflammatory disease and secondary bacterial pneumonia. Biochemical Society Transactions...
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FDA Approves New Indication for Wyeth's TYGACIL (tigecycline) for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia.
PR Newswire
; ...Suffering From Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., March 24...patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) caused by susceptible strains...313. About Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia...
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Males over 65 at higher risk of bacterial pneumonia.
Newspaper article from: TB & Outbreaks Week
; ...hospitalized during 1997 for bacterial pneumonia (community-acquired pneumonia...CAP was defined as either bacterial pneumonia listed on the admission and discharge diagnoses or bacterial pneumonia listed on the discharge diagnosis...
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