Three fatal pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine failures

被引：9

作者：

Hanna, JN

Wenck, DJ

Murphy, DN

机构：

[1] Queensland Hlth, Trop Publ Hlth Unit, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia

[2] Cairns Base Hosp, Cairns, Qld, Australia

[3] Queensland Hlth Sci Serv, Pneumococcal Reference Lab, Coopers Plains, Qld, Australia

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 2000年 / 173卷 / 06期

关键词：

D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125662.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];

摘要：

Three Indigenous Australian adults died of invasive pneumococcal disease, despite vaccination with the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine an average of 18 months previously. Pneumococcal isolates from the patients had serotypes that are included in the vaccine. Two of the adults were alcoholics and the other had heavy recent alcohol intake. The public health implications, and possible optimal vaccination schedules to minimise vaccine failures, are discussed.

引用

页码：305 / 307

页数：3

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