Prevenar 13 is a mixture of the outer sugar coating (polysaccharide) from 13 different strains or serotypes of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae ... higher than 39°C in babies or young ...

Healthcare providers, public health officials and policymakers need to develop a greater understanding of the serious health impact of pneumococcal disease in elderly adults. In addition to ...

One of these – dubbed V116 – is a cocktail of 21 Streptococcus pneumoniae ... prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by serotypes 3, 6A/C, 7F, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15A, 15B ...

These infections are caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as ... one based on polysaccharides and the other based on polysaccharides conjugated to a carrier protein.

Physicians and health officials often turn to meta-analyses to provide them with a single source of authoritative information on the efficacy and effectiveness of PPV23. One of the most recent is ...