PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pneumococcal infections |
| Phenotype | C0011847|diabetes |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 26379004 | Increased susceptibility to pneumococcal infection by people with diabetes is the result of reduced defense capability of antibodies to protein antigens. |
| PubMedID- 23796064 | We aimed to estimate, at the population level, the current scale of excess risk of pneumococcal disease in patients with diabetes, and whether the risks have decreased in recent years with the introduction of a pneumococcal vaccine. |
| PubMedID- 20042772 | For a complete discussion on the prevention of influenza and pneumococcal disease in people with diabetes, consult the technical review and position statement on this subject (178,181). |
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