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Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease

 MMWR Articles

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4830a2.htm

 Links

Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis - Manual PDF 1.4 MB

 Abstract

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal , January 1999;18:1-9
Acute Otitis Media - Management and Surveillance in an Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group (DRSPTWG)
Scott F. Dowell, MD, MPH, Jay C. Butler, MD, G. Scott Giebink, MD, Michael R. Jacobs, MD, Daniel Jernigan, MD, Daniel M. Musher, MD, Alexander Rakowsky, MD, Benjamin Schwartz, MD, and the DRSPTWG*

	National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip
	Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) http://www.cdc.gov/abcs
	Judicious Use of Antibitotics http://www.cdc.gov/antibioticresistance
	http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/default.htm
	http://www.medicare.gov/wellness/flu.html

 Media/General Public Information

	http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/Pneumo/pneumo-faqs.htm - Facts and Figures on Pneumococcus
	http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/ear/otitis_media.html - Kidshealth.org - acute otitis media
	http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo - National Vaccine Program Office

 Health Care Provider/Laboratory information

	Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Toolkit (for Streptococcus pneumoniae) Manual and resources help state and local health departments design surveillance systems that track Streptococcus pneumoniae
	http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/ - CDC Judicious Antibiotic Use Educational Campaign - on-line information on judicious antibiotic use materials and order form
	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/aip/research/spn.html - CDC Arctic Investigations Program (AIP) research activities for streptococcus pneumoniae
	http://aepo-xdv-www.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0040483/m0040483.htm - Defining the Public Health Impact of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae - Report of a Working Group Appendix - Laboratory-Based Surveillance System 2/96
	http://aepo-xdv-www.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0047135/m0047135.htm - Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - 4/97
	http://www.nccls.org/ - NCCCLS Homepage (What guidelines should be on here?)
	http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/other/case_def/stredr97.html - case definition for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Drug-resistant invasive disease - 9/96
	http://emergency.com/pneumona.htm Action Plan for Drug-Resistant Strep Pneumoniae Emerging Infectious Disease Journal 4/95-6/95
	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/DFBMD/diseaseinfo/default.htm#g - Prevention Guidelines for Streptococcal Infections (also includes Group A and Group B streptococcal infections)
	http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/peds/pidl/infect/penstrep.htm - Antibiotic Resistant pneumococci - Vanderbilt University Medical School.
	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/DFBMD/abcs/pathogens.htm - Active Bacterial Core Surveillance - Emerging Infections Surveillance of important causes of invasive disease, including Streptococcus pneumoniae

 Vaccine information

	http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/pneumo.pdf - pink book on vaccination for pneumococcus PDF
	http://aepo-xdv-www.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0047135/m0047135.htm - Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - 4/97
	http://www.ctfphc.org/Updates/Ch34update.htm - Canadian Task force on preventative health care, 1998 Update: Administration of Pneumococcal (polysaccharide)Vaccine.
	http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/- National Vaccine Program Office

 References

Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Decline in invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of pneumococcal protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine. New Engl J Med 2003; 348; 1737-1746.

Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Increasing Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Unites States. New Engl J Med 2000; 343: 1917-1924.

Robinson KA, Baughman W, Rothrock G, et al. Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the United States, 1995-1998: opportunities for prevention in the conjugate vaccine era. JAMA 2001; 285: 1729-1735.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2000: 49 (No. RR-9):1-35.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of pneumococcal disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1997; 46 (No. RR - 8): 1-25.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Defining the public health impact of drug-resistant Streptococcital pneumoniae: report of a working group. MMWR 1996; 45 (No.RR-1): 1-20.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination levels among adults aged greater than or equal to 65 years - United States. MMWR 1998; 47 (No. 38): 797-802.