Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
Volume 59 Issue 5 September 1, 2014
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/current

Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Clin Infect Dis. (2014) 59 (5): 615-623 doi:10.1093/cid/ciu348
Stephen I. Pelton, Derek Weycker, Raymond A. Farkouh, David R. Strutton, Kimberly M. Shea,
and John Edelsberg
Abstract
Children with previously identified at-risk/high-risk conditions remain at elevated risk of pneumococcal disease in the era of widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Children with multiple at-risk conditions or moderate/severe asthma also are at elevated risk and warrant consideration for immunoprophylaxis