Rethinking Recommendations for Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults
Open Access
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (5) , 662-675
- https://doi.org/10.1086/322676
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major cause of disease worldwide; the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains emphasizes the importance of diseaKeywords
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