SEPAR-ALAT Consensus Document on Antipneumoccal Vaccination in Smokers.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for several clinical syndromes, such as community-acquired pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media, and others. The most severe clinical entity caused by this bacteria is undoubtedly invasive pneumococcal disease. Certain factors are known to increase the risk of presenting invasive pneumococcal disease, the most important being smoking habit and underlying concomitant diseases. This article comprises a consensus document on antipneumococcal vaccination in smokers, drawn up by a Smoking Expert Group from the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery and the Latin American Chest Association.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archivos de bronconeumologia
دوره 51 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015