Increasing prevalence of complicated pneumonia and pneumococcal related hemolytic uremic syndrome despite territory-wide program of pneumococcal conjugated vaccination (PCV-7) program in children

G. Wong, T. Nelson, G. Chiang, T. F. Leung, P. Chan, M. Ip (Shatin, Sahtin, Hong Kong)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Paediatric epidemiology: wheeze, asthma and other respiratory diseases
Session: Paediatric epidemiology: wheeze, asthma and other respiratory diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4251
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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G. Wong, T. Nelson, G. Chiang, T. F. Leung, P. Chan, M. Ip (Shatin, Sahtin, Hong Kong). Increasing prevalence of complicated pneumonia and pneumococcal related hemolytic uremic syndrome despite territory-wide program of pneumococcal conjugated vaccination (PCV-7) program in children. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 4251

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