Overview of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and the Role of Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Immunopathogenesis of Severe Pneumococcal Disease

• Hoofdauteurs: Helen C. Steel (Auteur), Riana Cockeran (Auteur), Ronald Anderson (Auteur), Charles Feldman (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Onderwerpen: article
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among the infectious diseases. Despite the implementation of national pneumococcal polyvalent vaccine-based immunisation strategies targeted at high-risk groups, Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) remains...