Pneumococcal vaccines

References

Citations

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). Updated recommendations on the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: Suspension of recommendation for third and fourth dose. MMWR, 53(8): 177–178.

  2. Loeb M (2004). Community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Evidence (11): 1933–1946.

  3. Dear K, et al. (2005). Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1). Oxford: Update Software.


Author: Douglas DanaLast Updated: May 23, 2008
Medical Review: Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics

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