Streptococcus pneumoniae: Epidemiology, risk factors, and strategies for prevention

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-209

  Lynch III, Joseph P ^a   Zhanel, George G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Invasive pneumococcal disease; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Pneumococcal vaccine; Pneumococcus; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FATALITY; HERD IMMUNITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 63149104710     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202938     Document Type: Review

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