The burden of hospitalisations for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Spain (2003–2007)

Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009

“…As recorded in other recent publications [16,19,21] more males (56%) were admitted to hospital than females (44%); the percentages are similar to those in Germany [19]. 2%), there was an increase of 27.3%.…”

“…Apart from these limitations, the methodologies are similar to those that have been used in other countries [6,8,11,16]. One advantage of this study is that it covers a period of 10 years, a fact that can minimise the impact of years that deviate from the norm, such as 2009 when the influenza pandemic H1N1 occurred.…”

Risk of hospitalization due to pneumococcal disease in adults in Spain. The CORIENNE study

“…[2][3][4] The annual hospitalization rates due to pneumococcal pneumonia in Spain (2003-2007) was 1.09/1,000 among adults older than 50 years, reaching up to 4.21/1,000 in those 85 y of age and older. 5 Despite the recognized importance of pneumococcal disease in adults, information on the true burden of the disease is not well known, as suggested by the fact that reported incidence and mortality rates in adult populations have varied importantly in the last 2 decades. 6 A recent study estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults showed that for every case of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia there are at least other 3 additional cases of non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.…”

Prevention ofStreptococcus pneumoniae(pneumococcal) infections in adults

“…Gil-Prieto és mtsai vizsgálata szerint [6] a pneumococcuspneumonia miatt hospitalizáltak aránya az 50-54 éves korosztályban 0,25/1000 lakos, a 80-84 évesek között ez 4,21/1000 lakos, és a letalitás a középkorúak 7,6%-áról 13%-ra emelkedett. Magyarországon csak a bármely okú pneumonia gyakoriságával kapcsolatosan állnak rendelkezésre adatok (amelyeknek valószínűleg mintegy 40%-a pneumococcus következménye): 2011-ben az 50-64 év közötti korcsoportban a hospitalizációs arány 4,8/1000 lakos, a letalitás 8,2% volt, a 65 év felettieknél ugyanez 24,37/1000 lakos volt 20,8%-os halálozással [7].…”

“…Az epidemiológiai vizsgálatok eredménye egyértelmű-en azt mutatja, hogy a pneumococcusinfekciók incidenciája és letalitása körülbelül 50 éves kortól kezdve folyamatosan emelkedik, ami az életkorral csökkenő immunvédekezésnek tudható be [6,7].…”