Secondary bacterial infections associated with influenza pandemics

DE Morris, DW Cleary, SC Clarke - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Lower and upper respiratory infections are the fourth highest cause of global mortality.
Epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of respiratory infection are a major medical concern …

Pathogenesis of respiratory viral and fungal coinfections

F Salazar, E Bignell, GD Brown, PC Cook… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Individuals suffering from severe viral respiratory tract infections have recently emerged as
“at risk” groups for develo** invasive fungal infections. Influenza virus is one of the most …

The co-pathogenesis of influenza viruses with bacteria in the lung

JA McCullers - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014‏ - nature.com
Concern that a highly pathogenic virus might cause the next influenza pandemic has
spurred recent research into influenza and its complications. Bacterial superinfection in the …

Bacterial coinfection in influenza: a grand rounds review

DS Chertow, MJ Memoli - Jama, 2013‏ - jamanetwork.com
Bacterial coinfection complicated nearly all influenza deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic
and up to 34% of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infections managed in intensive care …

Bacterial and viral infections associated with influenza

C Joseph, Y Togawa, N Shindo - Influenza and other …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Influenza‐associated bacterial and viral infections are responsible for high levels of
morbidity and death during pandemic and seasonal influenza episodes. A review was …

Kinetics of Coinfection with Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

AM Smith, FR Adler, RM Ribeiro, RN Gutenkunst… - PLoS …, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Secondary bacterial infections are a leading cause of illness and death during epidemic and
pandemic influenza. Experimental studies suggest a lethal synergism between influenza …

Association between respiratory syncytial virus activity and pneumococcal disease in infants: a time series analysis of US hospitalization data

DM Weinberger, KP Klugman, CA Steiner… - PLoS …, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The importance of bacterial infections following respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
remains unclear. We evaluated whether variations in RSV epidemic timing and magnitude …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular pathogenesis of secondary bacterial infection associated to viral infections including SARS-CoV-2

S Manna, P Baindara, SM Mandal - Journal of infection and public health, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Secondary bacterial infections are commonly associated with prior or concomitant
respiratory viral infections. Viral infections damage respiratory airways and simultaneously …

Understanding the burden of pneumococcal disease in adults

F Blasi, M Mantero, PA Santus… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 5): 7–14 Abstract Streptococcus pneumoniae causes
different types of acute, invasive and non‐invasive clinical infections, being the most …

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy for prevention of influenza confirmed illness in the infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MC Nunes, SA Madhi - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Infants younger than 6 months of age are at particular risk for serious illness from influenza
infection. Currently available influenza vaccines are, however, not licensed for use in …