Open Access<p>Strategies for Geriatric Pneumonia in Healthcare Facilities – How Effective is Combined Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination?</p>
Author(s) -
Masafumi Seki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s264835
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , pneumonia , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal pneumonia , pneumococcal disease , pneumococcal infections , pneumococcal vaccine , pneumococcal vaccination , influenza vaccine , immunology , virology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Vaccination is an important strategy to prevent influenza and its related pneumococcal pneumonia. Combined influenza and pneumococcal vaccination should be recommended because of the synergic effects of the two vaccines, compared with either influenza vaccine or pneumococcal vaccine alone.