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Timothy L McCavit1, Charles T Quinn, Chonnamet Techasaensiri, Zora R Rogers.
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Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children with sickle cell disease has decreased with prophylactic penicillin, pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, and pneumococcal protein-conjugate vaccine usage. We report 10 IPD cases since pneumococcal protein-conjugate vaccine licensure, including a recent surge of non-vaccine serotypes. IPD continues to be a serious risk in sickle cell disease.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21193205 PMCID: PMC3062091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.11.025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406