Should patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease be vaccinated against pneumococcal diseases?

Superior Immune Response to Protein-Conjugate versus Free Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2009) Mark T. Dransfield et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Caseinolytic protease: a protein vaccine which could elicit serotype-independent protection against invasive pneumococcal infection

(2009) J. Cao et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in Adults with Bacteremia and Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Clinical Comparison of Pneumococcal PCR and Urinary Antigen Detection

(2009) M. D. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against pneumonia in middle-aged and older adults: A matched case–control study

(2009) Angel Vila-Corcoles et al.   VACCINE

The impact and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in Scotland for those aged 65 and over during winter 2003/2004

(2008) John D Mooney et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of Pneumococcal Conjugate Polysaccharide and Free Polysaccharide Vaccines in Elderly Adults: Conjugate Vaccine Elicits Improved Antibacterial Immune Responses and Immunological Memory

(2008) Andrés de Roux et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Additive Inoculation of Influenza Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine to Prevent Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Chronic Respiratory Disease Patients

(2008) Mitsuhiro Sumitani et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE

Infection in the Pathogenesis and Course of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2008) Sanjay Sethi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A one-year prospective study of infectious etiology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD and concomitant pneumonia

(2008) Fanny W.S. Ko et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hospitalizations for pneumonia in a US cohort

(2008) David M. Mannino et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in older adults with chronic respiratory diseases: Results of the EVAN-65 study

(2008) Olga Ochoa-Gondar et al.   VACCINE

Additive effect of pneumococcal vaccine and influenza vaccine on acute exacerbation in patients with chronic lung disease

(2008) Akitsugu Furumoto et al.   VACCINE

Pneumococcal vaccination in older adults induces antibodies with low opsonic capacity and reduced antibody potency

(2008) Jeremy G. Schenkein et al.   VACCINE