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Immunogenicity and safety of single‐dose, 13‐valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in pediatric and adolescent oncology patients

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Children receiving immunosuppressive treatment for cancer are at high risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. The 13‐valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) can prevent pneumococcal disease in healthy children; however, there is… Click to show full abstract

Children receiving immunosuppressive treatment for cancer are at high risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. The 13‐valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) can prevent pneumococcal disease in healthy children; however, there is an absence of literature regarding the benefit of PCV13 in immunocompromised children with cancer.

Keywords: conjugate vaccine; valent pneumococcal; oncology; pneumococcal conjugate

Journal Title: Cancer
Year Published: 2017

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