Combined method of community-acquired pneumonia prevention in military staff
Rakhmanov, R.S.; Sgibnev, D.V.; Basalyga, V.N.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2007(2): 94-97
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 17523490 Document Number: 610447
Efficacy of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine << Pneumo 23 >> or its combination with food products prepared from vegetative material for prevention of community-acquired pneumonias has been compared. Advantages of combined method of prophylaxis in setting where pneumonia caused by different pathogens have been noted. Variability in etiology of community-acquired pneumonia was demonstrated by serological tests of patients' blood. During spring-summer season antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae were detected in 25.9, 2.5, and 7. 0% of the patients respectively. During autumn-winter season antibodies to M.pneumoniae and S.pneumoniae were detected in 30.0 and 50.0% of the patients respectively.