BacteriologyPneumococcal diagnosis and serotypes in childhood community-acquired pneumonia☆,☆☆
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Keywords
Diagnosis
Paediatrics
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Pneumonia
Serotype
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Urinary pneumococcal antigen
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Conflicts of interest and source of funding: This study was supported by a grant from Pfizer Vaccines UK (No. 0887X1-4479). JEC and DAS received unconditional research support from Pfizer. The sponsor had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis or interpretation, and writing of the manuscript.
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Contributors: JEC, ADS and DAS developed the original study concept. MAE collected and managed the data. ADS, JDP, GJAE and MAE performed the laboratory analyses. All authors were involved in the interpretation of the results and writing of this article.
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