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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-01-01
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Series: | Mediators of Inflammation |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/490346 |
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