| Literature DB >> 24759650 |
Amelieke J H Cremers1, Jonneke Lut2, Peter W M Hermans2, Jacques F Meis3, Marien I de Jonge2, Gerben Ferwerda2.
Abstract
The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) rises with age. Among adult IPD patients, the avidity of antipneumococcal polysaccharide antibodies against the infecting serotype increased with age and severity of disease, indicating that susceptibility to IPD in the elderly may rather be due to flaws in other aspects of opsonophagocytosis.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24759650 PMCID: PMC4054233 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00147-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X