The Contribution of Specific Pneumococcal Serogroups to Different Disease Manifestations:...

Autor: Hausdorff, William P., Bryant, John, Kloek, Carolyn, Paradiso, Peter R., Siber, George R.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 1/1/2000, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p122, 19p
Abstrakt: Examines what types of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroups are preferentially associated with specific disease manifestations via the analysis of a sample of research literature on pneumococcal disease. Relative frequency of isolation of each serogroup by clinical sites as a proxy for different disease states; Potential prevention by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines of a range of diseases especially in young children.
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