Pneumococcal and influenza vaccination status of hospitalized adults with community acquired pneumonia and the effects of vaccination on clinical presentation

• Main Authors: Ezgi Demirdogen Cetinoglu (Author), Esra Uzaslan (Author), Abdullah Sayıner (Author), Aykut Cilli (Author), Oguz Kılınc (Author), Aysın Sakar Coskun (Author), Armağan Hazar (Author), Nurdan Kokturk (Author), Ayten Filiz (Author), Mehmet Polatli (Author), on behalf of TURCAP Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Previous reports have shown that vaccination rates of adult at-risk populations are low in Turkey. There are differing reports with regards to the effectiveness of the influenza and the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) on the clinical outcomes of community acquired pneumonia...