Staphylococcus aureusandStreptococcus pneumoniaeinteraction and response to pneumococcal vaccination: Myth or reality?

Autor: Aylana Reiss-Mandel, Gili Regev-Yochay
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 12:351-357
ISSN: 2164-554X
2164-5515
Popis: S. aureus and S. pneumoniae are both common pathogens that are also carried by a large proportion of healthy individuals in the nasal and nasopharyngeal spaces. A negative association between carriage of S. aureus and S. pneumoniae has been reported in children in various epidemiologic studies from different geographical regions. Most studies found that the negative association between S. pneumoniae and S. aureus was significant only for carriage of vaccine-type S. pneumoniae strains. In this review, we summarize the various suggested mechanisms of this suggested bacterial interference, and the clinical implications reported following PCV introduction to date in various geographical regions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE