Empyema in children in the USA; the possible impact of introduction of routine pneumococcal vaccination

C. Byington (Salt Lake City, United States of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Why is complicated pneumonia and empyema increasing so rapidly in children?
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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