Effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in preventing community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization and severe outcomes in the elderly in Spain.

Effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in preventing community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization and severe outcomes in the elderly in Spain.

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly, but investigation of the etiological agent of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not possible in most hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccina...

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Main Authors: Àngela Domínguez, Núria Soldevila, Diana Toledo, Núria Torner, Luis Force, María José Pérez, Vicente Martín, Lourdes Rodríguez-Rojas, Jenaro Astray, Mikel Egurrola, Francisco Sanz, Jesús Castilla, Working Group of the Project PI12/02079
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5302444?pdf=render

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