What Fraction of Adult Community-Acquired Pneumonia Is Caused by the Pneumococcus? New Insights from Spain

Carlos G Grijalva^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville Tennessee, USA.
² Mid-South Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Editorial

Carlos G Grijalva. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):1086-1088.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab314.

Carlos G Grijalva^{1

2}

¹ Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville Tennessee, USA.
² Mid-South Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Comment on

The Evolution and Distribution of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Spain Using a Serotype-Specific Urinary Antigen Detection Test: The CAPA Study, 2011-2018.
Torres A, Menéndez R, España PP, Fernández-Villar JA, Marimón JM, Cilloniz C, Méndez R, Egurrola M, Botana-Rial M, Ercibengoa M, Méndez C, Cifuentes I, Gessner BD; CAPA Study Group. Torres A, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):1075-1085. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab307. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33851220 Free PMC article.

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