HIV and Influenza Virus Infections Are Associated With Increased Blood Pneumococcal Load: A Prospective, Hospital-Based Observational Study in South Africa, 2009-2011

Twenty-five Years of Outpatient Influenza Surveillance in South Africa, 1984–2008

(2012) Johanna M. McAnerney et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Respiratory Viral Coinfections Identified by a 10-Plex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2010

(2012) Marthi A Pretorius et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Use of 2 pneumococcal common protein real-time polymerase chain reaction assays in healthy children colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Nadine Rouphael et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Impact of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic on Pneumococcal Pneumonia Hospitalizations in the United States

(2011) Daniel M. Weinberger et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene

(2011) C. Azzari et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

(2010) Massimo Resti et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults

(2010) Neil French et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Global and regional causes of death

(2009) C. D. Mathers et al.   BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN

Severity of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Associated With Genomic Bacterial Load

(2009) Jordi Rello et al.   CHEST

Severity of Meningococcal Disease Associated with Genomic Bacterial Load

(2009) Tom Darton et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA Load in Blood as a Marker of Infection in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2009) R. P. H. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates

(2009) Katherine L O'Brien et al.   LANCET

Pneumococcal pneumonia and influenza: A deadly combination

(2009) Keith P. Klugman et al.   VACCINE

Novel Approaches to the Identification ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeas the Cause of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) Keith P. Klugman et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in blood using a mouse model: a potential new “gold standard”

(2008) Nadine G. Rouphael et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Feasibility of real-time polymerase chain reaction in whole blood to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

(2008) Cordelia Kee et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

(2008) David M. Morens et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

(2008) C. Azzari et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Seasonal Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children: Role of Preceding Respiratory Viral Infection

(2008) K. Ampofo et al.   PEDIATRICS

The evidence for using conjugate vaccines to protect HIV-infected children against pneumococcal disease

(2007) Sandra J Bliss et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES