0 caused by or relating to the bacteria pneumococcus (= a bacteria that causes many infections in humans, including pneumonia, meningitis, and ear infections):
a pneumococcal infection
The pneumococcal vaccine, Prevnar, is mainly given to prevent meningitis.
Pneumococcal meningitis can be fatal.
2-5 year olds who attend day care are at three times more likely to get invasive pneumococcal disease than children not in child care.
The findings of this study is that it is perfectly safe to give the pneumococcal vaccination.
In the majority of patients (influenza vaccine, 98 % and pneumococcal vaccine, 94 %), vaccination was carried out in general practice.
All persons without spleen should be given pneumococcal vaccine.
It is estimated that pneumococcal disease is responsible for more than 1 million deaths in children under 5 years of age each year.
The level of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination varied with the level of deprivation.
Lack of utility of serotyping multiple colonies for detection of simultaneous nasopharyngeal carriage of different pneumococcal serotypes.
