Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine | Zendy

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Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Author(s) -

Stephen I. Pelton,

Derek Weycker,

Raymond Farkouh,

David Strutton,

Kimberly M. Shea,

John Edelsberg

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu348

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , pneumococcal pneumonia , pediatrics , pneumonia , pneumococcal vaccine , confidence interval , pneumococcal infections , disease , streptococcus pneumoniae , immunology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

In the current era of universal immunization of young children with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, it is unclear whether the high risk ratios for pneumococcal disease previously attributed to specified chronic conditions have persisted. In addition, further analysis of pneumococcal disease risk may clarify whether certain chronic conditions that currently are not specified as significantly increasing the risk of pneumococcal disease should be so considered.

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