Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10513870 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
IPD continues to be a problem in India and is associated with high case fatality in spite of treatment in the hospital setting. Penicillin resistance is currently low in India. More than 80% of invasive STGs causing disease in the elderly in India are included in the formulation of polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine.
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Kurien Thomas, Lalitha Mukkai Kesavan, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Sudha Jasmine, John Jude, Mitra Shubankar, Poorva Kulkarni, Mark Steinhoff, IBIS Study Group IndiaCLEN Network IBIS Study Group IndiaCLEN Network,