Serotype 6B Pneumococcal Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Infant Immunized with Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugated Vaccine
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- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 40 (3) , 494-495
- https://doi.org/10.1086/427149
Abstract
The failure of vaccination in infants <6 months of age has not previously been reported, to our knowledge. Although the infant we describe had received onlyKeywords
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