RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The place of pneumococcal vaccination
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 73
OP 76
DO 10.1136/dtb.1998.361073
VO 36
IS 10
YR 1998
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/36/10/73.abstract
AB Relevant BNF section: 14.4Vaccination against pneumococcal infection was introduced in the UK in 1979. Currently, the vaccine is recommended by the Department of Health for patients at high risk of developing pneumococcal infection.1 Here we discuss the epidemiology of pneumococcal infection and consider the effectiveness of the vaccines available and their use in clinical practice.