Efficacy of PPV23 in Preventing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults at Increased Risk – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (pCAP) is the most frequent form of pneumonia. The elderly and adults with underlying diseases are at an increased risk of developing pCAP. The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) was licensed over 30 years ago and is recommende...

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Autores principales: Schiffner-Rohe, Julia, Witt, Annika, Hemmerling, Jana, von Eiff, Christof, Leverkus, Friedrich-Wilhelm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146338

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146338

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