Are persons with asthma at increased risk of pneumococcal infections, and can we prevent them?

What it found

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Establishing an expert consensus for the operational definitions of asthma-associated infectious and inflammatory multimorbidities for computational algorithms through a modified Delphi technique.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021
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2. Association between asthma and invasive pneumococcal disease risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020
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3. Who to Vax: A free online tool to identify adults for pneumococcal vaccination.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2016
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4. The association between asthma and invasive pneumococcal disease: a nationwide study in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015
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5. Otitis media in infancy and the development of asthma and atopic disease.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2012
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6. Altered regulation of Toll-like receptor responses impairs antibacterial immunity in the allergic lung.Mucosal immunology · 2012
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7. Nasopharyngeal bacterial colonization during the first wheezing episode is associated with longer duration of hospitalization and higher risk of relapse in young children.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2011
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8. Role of infection in the development and exacerbation of asthma.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2010
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9. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment and health outcomes, education, delivery, and quality in 2008.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2009
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Corrections and comments

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  Increased risk of serious pneumococcal disease in patients with asthma.2008

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