Incidence and case fatality rates of community-acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal diseases among Korean adults: Catchment population-based analysis.

Pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality among adults. Pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) is the most common vaccine-preventable bacterial etiology of pneumonia. In this study, we estimated the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and pneumococcal diseases among Korean...

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Main Authors: Jung Yeon Heo, Yu Bin Seo, Won Suk Choi, Jacob Lee, Jin Gu Yoon, Saem Na Lee, Min Joo Choi, Ji Yun Noh, Jin-Young Ahn, Hye Won Jeong, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Hee Young Lee, Joon Young Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5875769?pdf=render