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Efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia and improving survival in nursing home residents: double blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial

Objective To determine the efficacy of a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in people at high risk of pneumococcal pneumonia. Design Prospective, randomised, placebo controlled double blind study. Setting Nursing homes in Japan. Participants 1006 nursing home residents. Interventions Part...

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Autores principales: Maruyama, Takaya, Taguchi, Osamu, Niederman, Michael S, Morser, John, Kobayashi, Hiroyasu, Kobayashi, Tetsu, D’Alessandro-Gabazza, Corina, Nakayama, Sei, Nishikubo, Kimiaki, Noguchi, Takashi, Takei, Yoshiyuki, Gabazza, Esteban C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20211953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c1004