Impact of infant 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on serotypes in adult pneumonia

Infant 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV13) was introduced to the UK in 2010. Its impact on serotypes implicated in adult non-bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia is not known. Beginning in 2008, a 5-year prospective cohort study of adults admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was conducted.

Investigator: Lin Wei Shen

This research was published in the European Respiratory Journal in June 2015:

http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/6/1632.long

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