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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era
2024-12-14
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<h4>Introduction: </h4> Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) remain at higher risk for invasive infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae compared to the general pediatric population. Penicillin prophylaxis, pneumococcal conjugate (PCV), and polysaccharide vaccines (PPSV) have reduced the incidence of pneumococcal disease. <h4>Methods: </h4>: A single institution cohort of children with SCD aged <19 years was r...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 41e2594a-b07c-5eb4-adb7-859c2da2100b
- DOI
- 10.22541/au.173417044.48236882/v1
