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Pneumonia hospitalisation and case-fatality rates in older Australians with and without risk factors for pneumococcal disease: implications for vaccine policy

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) results in substantial numbers of hospitalisations and deaths in older adults. There are known lifestyle and medical risk factors for pneumococcal disease but the magnitude of the additional risk is not well quantified in Australia. We used a large population-based...

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Autores principales: Dirmesropian, S., Liu, B., Wood, J. G., MacIntyre, C. R., McIntyre, P., Karki, S., Jayasinghe, S., Newall, A. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6518507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30869015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818003473