Pneumococcal Vaccination Improves Outcomes in CAP

摘要

The Study: A population-based cohort of Canadian adults hospitalized for CAP received standardized admission orders related to choice and routes of antibiotics, supplemental oxygen therapy, hydration, and thromboembolic prophylaxis. Patients were excluded from the study if they had tuberculosis or cystic fibrosis, had used immunosuppressants for more than one month, had human immunodeficiency virus infection with a CD4 cell count of less than 250 cells per mm^sup 3^ (250 × 10^sup 9^ per L), or were pregnant.