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  2. Hospital-acquired infection - Wikipedia

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    Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the second most common nosocomial infection and accounts for approximately one-fourth of all infections in the intensive care unit (ICU). [48] HAP, or nosocomial pneumonia, is a lower respiratory infection that was not incubating at the time of hospital admission and that presents clinically two or more days ...

  3. Hospital-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Hospital acquired pneumonia is the second most common nosocomial infection (after urinary tract infections) and accounts for 15–20% of the total. [1] [2] [3] It is the most common cause of death among nosocomial infections and is the primary cause of death in intensive care units.

  4. Breakthrough infection - Wikipedia

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    Causes of breakthrough infections include biological factors in the recipient, improper administration or storage of vaccines, mutations in viruses, blocking antibody formation, and other factors. For these reasons, vaccines are rarely 100% effective. A 2021 study found the common flu vaccine provided immunity to the flu in 58% of recipients. [6]

  5. CDC lowers recommendation age for pneumonia vaccine to adults ...

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    Doctors have long urged people ages 50 and older to get a shot to protect against bacterial pneumonia.

  6. Epidemiology of pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection, [2] affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world. [3] It is a major cause of death among all age groups, resulting in 1.4 million deaths in 2010 (7% of the world's yearly total) and 3.0 million deaths in 2016 (the 4th leading cause of death in the world).

  7. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    A vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae, available for adults, is recommended for healthy individuals over 65 and all adults with COPD, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, alcoholism, cerebrospinal fluid leaks or who have had a splenectomy. Re-vaccination may be required after five or ten years. [16]

  8. Covid infections ‘more severe in immunocompromised’ - AOL

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    The proportion of people with breakthrough infections was three times higher among immunocompromised individuals, researchers found. Covid infections ‘more severe in immunocompromised’ Skip to ...

  9. Omicron spreading and infecting the vaccinated - WHO - AOL

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    The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the head ...