Belgian consensus on pneumococcal vaccine

An ad hoc working party on pneumococcal vaccine with representatives of the Belgian Society for Infectiology and Clinical Microbiology, the Belgian Society for Pulmonology, and a Scientific Society of General Physicians confirms the recommendations on the use of the 23-valent capsular polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine, as established by the ''Hoge Gezondheidsraad - Conseil Superieur d'Hygiene''. The present consensus statement provides a review of the scientific data on which the indications for pneumococcal vaccine are based. These data are derived both from Belgian studies as well as from the international literature.

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