Prior Pneumococcal Vaccination Is Associated with Reduced Death, Complications, and Length of Stay among Hospitalized Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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- 15 April 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 42 (8) , 1093-1101
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501354
Abstract
Background. Vaccination with pneumococcal polysaccharide reduces the incidence of bacteremic pneumococcal disease in adults. We investigated the impaKeywords
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