The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7269 p440
4 October 2003

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Bandolier review (more)

Pneumococcal vaccination

Reviewers writing in Bandolier have questioned the value of blanket pneumococcal vaccination. They examined data looking at the efficacy of the vaccine and found no association between vaccination and the risk of hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia, outpatient pneumonia or death from any cause.

The review is available here.