Control of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5 epidemic of severe pneumonia among young army recruits by mass antibiotic treatment and vaccination

During an outbreak of severe pneumonia among new army recruits, an epidemiological investigation combined with repeated nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal cultures from sick and healthy contacts subjects was conducted. Fifteen pneumonia cases and 19 influenza-like illness cases occurred among 596 recruits...

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Autores principales: Balicer, Ran D., Zarka, Salman, Levine, Hagai, Klement, Eyal, Sela, Tamar, Porat, Nurith, Ash, Nachman, Dagan, Ron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20599301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.031

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20599301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.031

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