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. 2013 Apr;56(8):1145-6.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cis1207. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Long-term survival following pneumococcal pneumonia

Barcleigh Sandvall  1 , Adriana M Rueda, Daniel M Musher
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Long-term survival following pneumococcal pneumonia

Barcleigh Sandvall et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

We studied the long-term survival of patients who recovered from pneumococcal pneumonia. Mortality was increased for up to 10 years after documented pneumococcal pneumonia and was greater in proportion to the PORT score at admission and among persons who had bacteremic disease.

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