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... to Dr. Kevin Sherin, the Director of the Orange County Health Department, who adds that most of those are due to pneumonia. "It's really important now we have protection against pneumonia," Dr. Sherin says. The widely-reported August death of a ...
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... say you might want to get another type of vaccine this season. "These people are at much increased risk for pneumococcal infection," said Dr. Bill Howard, Union Memorial. Howard says that infection can lead to a host of other illnesses. Destinee ...
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... autopsy material from 77 fatal H1N1 influenza patients and found that bacteria were present in terms of bacterial pneumonia in about a third of those fatalities. The good news is the leading bacteria was streptococcus pneumonia, and we have a ...
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... study released Wednesday that found that 33 percent of 77 deaths caused by the H1N1 flu resulted from bacterial pneumonia. The strain of bacteria in many cases -- streptococcus pneumonia -- is one for which there is a vaccine, she said, so adults ...
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... on www.immunizenm.org as clinics are scheduled. Many of the people at high risk from the flu should also get a pneumonia shot if they have never had one. People who need to have the pneumococcal vaccine are: age 65 and older, and adults 19 and older ...
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... study released Wednesday that found that 33 per cent of 77 deaths caused by the H1N1 flu resulted from bacterial pneumonia. The strain of bacteria in many cases - streptococcus pneumonia - is one for which there is a vaccine, she said, so adults ...
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... had a secondary bacterial infection, Dr. Schuchat said. "The good news is the leading bacteria was streptococcus pneumonia, and we have a vaccine for that," she said. The vaccine is recommended for adults with chronic health problems, but only about ...
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... that put them at high risk for complications from influenza, according to a Health Department press release. Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccine will also be offered at all flu clinics. The city typically holds its clinic later in the fall, but the ...
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... had a secondary bacterial infection, Dr. Schuchat said. "The good news is the leading bacteria was streptococcus pneumonia, and we have a vaccine for that," she said. The vaccine is recommended for adults with chronic health problems, but only about ...
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... and Prevention officials also found that one- third of a sample of 77 people who died from H1N1 had bacterial pneumonia. Schuchat recommended that adults who have chronic medical conditions, including diabetes, get the pneumococcal vaccine. Staff ...
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... causes common complications of the seasonal and H1N1 flu viruses. Pneumococcus is the bacteria responsible for pneumonia, sinusitis, meningitis, bronchitis and other illnesses and infections that most often surface in very young children, the ...
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... had a secondary bacterial infection, Dr. Schuchat said. 'The good news is the leading bacteria was streptococcus pneumonia, and we have a vaccine for that,' she said. The vaccine is recommended for adults with chronic health problems, but only about ...
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... study released Wednesday that found that 33 percent of 77 deaths caused by the H1N1 flu resulted from bacterial pneumonia. The strain of bacteria in many cases -- streptococcus pneumonia -- is one for which there is a vaccine, she said, so adults ...
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... flu usually does. "The findings in this report indicate that, as during previous influenza pandemics, bacterial pneumonia is contributing to deaths associated with pandemic H1N1," the team of experts at the CDC and state health departments reported. ...
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... complications. Also, 15 had conditions that were indications for vaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23). No information was available on the vaccination status of the 22 people with bacterial co-infections. The ...
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... study released Wednesday that found that 33 percent of 77 deaths caused by the H1N1 flu resulted from bacterial pneumonia. The strain of bacteria in many cases -- streptococcus pneumonia -- is one for which there is a vaccine, she said, so adults ...
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... of specimens taken from 77 fatal cases of H1N1. Bacterial co-infections, including some caused by Streptococcus pneumonia, were noted in about one-third of those cases. "Our influenza season is off to a fast start and unfortunately there will be ...
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... lung specimens from patients with fatal cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) for bacterial causes of pneumonia. During May 1--August 20, 2009, medical examiners and local and state health departments submitted specimens to CDC from 77 U.S. ...
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