Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in HIV infected patients in Israel since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugated vaccines (PCV): Analysis of a nationwide surveillance study, 2009-2014

• Main Authors: Michal Chowers (Author), Gili Regev-Yochay (Author), Orna Mor (Author), Ronit Cohen-Poradosu (Author), Klaris Riesenberg (Author), Oren Zimhony (Author), Daniel Chemtob (Author), Michal Stein (Author), Ron Dagan (Author), Itzchak Levy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Study aim: to assess the incidence, risk factors and outcome of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among the Israeli HIV population. A matched case-control study nested in a nationwide, prospective, population-based, cohort of adult IPD was performed. In addition, the HIV-IPD patients were compared...