Risk stacking of pneumococcal vaccination indications increases mortality in unvaccinated adults with Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 35; no. 13; pp. 1692 - 1697
• Main Authors: Morton, Jacob B, Morrill, Haley J, LaPlante, Kerry L, Caffrey, Aisling R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 23.03.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Allergy and Immunology; Cardiovascular diseases; Case-Control Studies; Female; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Immunization; Male; Mortality; Mortality risk; Pneumococcal Infections - mortality; Pneumococcal vaccination; Respiratory diseases; Risk Assessment; Risk factors; Risk stacking; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Survival Analysis; Vaccines; Veterans; Risk stacking; Mortality; Pneumococcal vaccination; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Abstract Background Several chronic disease states have been identified as pneumococcal vaccination indications due to their ability to increase pneumococcal disease development and subsequent mortality. However, the risk of mortality according to the number of these disease states present is unknow...