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- Title
The Impact of Age on the Efficacy of 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Elderly.
- Authors
van Werkhoven, Cornelis H.; Huijts, Susanne M.; Bolkenbaas, Marieke; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Bonten, Marc J. M.
- Abstract
In a post hoc analysis of the Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) immunization Trial in Adults the model-predicted 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy for preventing vaccine-type specific CAP and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease declined from 65% to 40% for subjects being 65 and 75 year olds at the time of vaccination, respectively.
- Subjects
PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines; DRUG efficacy; COMMUNITY-acquired pneumonia; OLDER patients; IMMUNIZATION; THERAPEUTICS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, Vol 61, Issue 12, p1835
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/civ686