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Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infections: manifestations, incidence and case fatality rate correlated to age, gender and risk factors

BACKGROUND: Incidence, manifestations and case-fatality rate (CFR) of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) vary with age and comorbidities. New vaccines, changing age distribution, prolonged survival among immunocompromised patients and improved sepsis management have created a need for an update of...

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Autores principales: Backhaus, Erik, Berg, Stefan, Andersson, Rune, Ockborn, Gunilla, Malmström, Petter, Dahl, Mats, Nasic, Salmir, Trollfors, Birger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27487784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1648-2