Patients Who Had Received Pneumococcal Vaccine Have Better Survival Rates When Hospitalized With Community Acquired Pneumonia

A patient who is infected with community-acquired pneumonia and is hospitalized has a better chance of survival and a lower risk of admission to the ICU (intensive care unit) if he/she had already received the pneumococcal vaccine, compared to patients who had not been vaccinated, according to an article published in Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA/Archives), October 8th issue. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on October 10th, 2007