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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The findings were published Sept. 30 in an early release of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The study highlights how important it is for people to get vaccinated against pneumococcus, the researchers said.
"Our influenza season is off to a fast start, and unfortunately there will be more cases of bacterial infections in people suffering from influenza," CDC epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Moore said in a news release from the agency. "It's really important for people, especially those at high risk for the serious complications from influenza, to check with their provider when they get their influenza vaccine about being vaccinated against pneumococcus."
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The CDC recommends that children younger than 5 years be given a pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. In addition, the PPSV23 vaccine should be administered to everyone 2 to 64 years old who's considered to be at high risk, and to all people 65 and older.
"The findings in this report also underscore the importance of managing patients with influenza who also might have bacterial pneumonia with both empiric antibacterial therapy and antiviral medications," the CDC study concluded. "In addition, public health departments should encourage the use of pneumococcal vaccine, seasonal influenza vaccine, and, when the vaccine becomes available, pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine."
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The World Health Organization has more about H1N1 swine flu. Page: << Prev | 1 | 2
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