2025
Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study
Prunas O, Tiu A, Shioda K, Bansal S, Weinberger D. Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study. Vaccine X 2025, 24: 100622. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 patientsCase-control studyIntensive care unitSevere respiratory symptomsPneumococcal vaccineSevere outcomesRespiratory symptomsOdds of progressionReceipt of pneumococcal vaccinationCOVID-19 severitySevere COVID-19 outcomesLogistic regression modelsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Streptococcus pneumoniaeAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Non-severeRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Care unitControlled studiesPatientsSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2VaccineCoronavirus 2
2022
Detection of pneumococcus during hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2
Stahlfeld A, Glick L, Ott I, Craft S, Yolda-Carr D, Harden C, Nakahata M, Farhadian S, Grant L, Alexander-Parrish R, Arguedas A, Gessner B, Weinberger D, Wyllie A. Detection of pneumococcus during hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2. FEMS Microbes 2022, 3: xtac026. PMID: 37332510, PMCID: PMC10117745, DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtac026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower respiratory tract infectionsUrine antigen detectionPneumococcal lower respiratory tract infectionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 severityDetection of pneumococciRespiratory infectionsSerious COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2 coinfectionYale-New Haven HospitalViral respiratory infectionsCOVID-19 inpatientsModerate COVID-19Respiratory tract infectionsSevere pneumococcal infectionRT-qPCRRole of coinfectionCOVID-19 outcomesEarly pandemic periodCOVID-19ICU stayPneumococcal coinfectionPneumococcal infectionTract infectionsMedian age
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