23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia

[...]based on the systematic literature review and pooled data analysis,2 the authors' group reported that serotype replacement occurred in adult pneumococcal pneumonia cases following the vaccination of children with PCV7 in Japan, although there was a significant decrease (-18·1%, 95% CI −24·...

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Published inThe Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 692 - 693
Main Authors Tanimoto, Tetsuya, Kusumi, Eiji, Hosoda, Kazutaka, Hamaki, Tamae, Takahashi, Kenzo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adults
Children
Data analysis
Data processing
Immunization
Infectious diseases
Literature reviews
Pneumonia
Polysaccharides
Serotypes
Streptococcus infections
Vaccination
Vaccines
United States > US
Japan
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Summary:[...]based on the systematic literature review and pooled data analysis,2 the authors' group reported that serotype replacement occurred in adult pneumococcal pneumonia cases following the vaccination of children with PCV7 in Japan, although there was a significant decrease (-18·1%, 95% CI −24·6 to −11·5, p<0·001) in the proportion of the PCV7-covered serotypes, there were significant increases in the proportions of serotypes covered by PCV13 but not by PCV7 (+9·9%, 3·3-16·4, p=0·003) and serotypes covered by...
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ISSN:1473-3099
1474-4457
DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30332-8