Rationale and design of the CAPAMIS study: Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination against community-acquired pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction and stroke

BACKGROUND: The 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine (PPV-23) is recommended for elderly and high-risk people, although its effectiveness is controversial. Some studies have reported an increasing risk of acute vascular events among patients with pneumonia, and a recent case-control study h...

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Autores principales: Vila-Corcoles, Angel, Hospital-Guardiola, Inmaculada, Ochoa-Gondar, Olga, de Diego, Cinta, Salsench, Elisabet, Raga, Xavier, Fuentes-Bellido, Cruz M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Study protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20085658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-25

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