Chart Reminders for Pneumococcal Vaccination
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Pneumococcal vaccination of children.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most frequent cause of invasive bacterial infection in children younger than 2 years of age, reaching a peak incidence at 6 to 12 months of age. Pneumococci also cause many cases of pneumonia, sinusitis, and otitis media. Incidence rates of invasive infection in children with sickle cell disease, acquired or congenital splenectomy, or human immunodeficiency virus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s019594170000566x