Use of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein to Evaluate Vaccine Efficacy against Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children. The poor specificity of chest radiographs (CXRs) to diagnose pneumococcal pneumonia may underestimate the efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The efficacy of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Madhi, Shabir A, Heera, Jayvant R, Kuwanda, Locadiah, Klugman, Keith P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2005
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020038

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020038

Ejemplares similares