A standard paediatric vaccine for preventing common life-threatening infections can also be effective against pneumococcal meningitis in both children and adults, say researchers.
Pneumococcal meningitis is an infection in the brain and spinal cord membranes caused by the pneumococcus - a bacterium that also causes pneumonia and other serious infections.
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Meninges are the three layers of membrane that cover the brain and infection of the cerebrospinal fluid between them causes meningitis the disease of the meninges.
Meninges are the three layers of membrane that cover the brain and infection of the cerebrospinal fluid between them causes meningitis the disease of the meninges.
PCV7 protects against seven of the most common pneumococcal types, which account for over 80 percent of pneumococcal disease in young children.
The incidence rates for pneumococcal meningitis in all age groups declined 30.1 percent from 1998-1999 to 2004-2005.
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Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges and caused by viral or bacterial infections. The terminology pyogenic meningitis describes bacterial meningitis.
Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges and caused by viral or bacterial infections. The terminology pyogenic meningitis describes bacterial meningitis.
"When you immunize children, they are much less likely to carry pneumococcal strains covered by the vaccine in the back of the throat," New England Journal of Medicine quoted Dr. Lee Harrison, senior author of the study and professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Immunisation programme to include vaccine against Pneumococcal disease
Next week, a vaccine against pneumococcal disease will be introduced for the first time. It is likely to save the lives of 50 babies and small children a year and prevnt illness in many others.
Next week, a vaccine against pneumococcal disease will be introduced for the first time. It is likely to save the lives of 50 babies and small children a year and prevnt illness in many others.
"PCV7 has been highly successful in preventing pneumococcal meningitis, but it remains a very serious and deadly disease," he added.
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Meningitis Vaccine To Be Included In Childhood Immunization Programme
Health officials in Northern Ireland are about to launch a new vaccination project to protect children from a deadly form of meningitis.
Health officials in Northern Ireland are about to launch a new vaccination project to protect children from a deadly form of meningitis.
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