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Colonisation of Irish patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae and analysis of the pneumococcal vaccine coverage: a non-interventional, observational, prospective cohort study

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  • Hannah McCarthy Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mandy Jackson Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mary Corcoran Irish Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Unit Laboratory, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martha McElligott Irish Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Unit Laboratory, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elaine MacHale Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Imran Sulaiman Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Breda Cushen Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Richard W Costello Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hilary Humpreys Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin, Republic of Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Hilary Humpreys; hhumphreys{at}rcsi.ie
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McCarthy H, Jackson M, Corcoran M, et al
Colonisation of Irish patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae and analysis of the pneumococcal vaccine coverage: a non-interventional, observational, prospective cohort study
BMJ Open 2017;7:e013944. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013944

Publication history

  • Received August 23, 2016
  • Revised March 26, 2017
  • Accepted March 31, 2017
  • First published July 9, 2017.
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December 24, 2019
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