Overview of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and the Role of Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Immunopathogenesis of Severe Pneumococcal Disease
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...
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Main Authors: | Helen C. Steel (Author), Riana Cockeran (Author), Ronald Anderson (Author), Charles Feldman (Author) |
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Hindawi Limited,
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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