Increased paediatric hospitalizations for empyema in Australia after introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Increased paediatric hospitalizations for empyema in Australia after introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

OBJECTIVE: To examine rates of paediatric hospitalization for empyema and pneumonia in Australia before and after the introduction of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). METHODS: Rates of paediatric hospitalization for empyema and pneumonia (bacterial, viral and all types) were c...

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Main Authors: Roxanne E Strachan, Thomas L Snelling, Adam Jaffé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000300008&lng=en&tlng=en

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