New threats from an old enemy. A physician update on pneumococcus.

A. R. Lifson; R. Aitchison-Olson; A. Ramesh

New threats from an old enemy. A physician update on pneumococcus.

A. R. Lifson, R. Aitchison-Olson, A. Ramesh

Epidemiology & Community Health

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Abstract

Pneumonia and influenza together are the sixth-leading cause of death in this country. Physicians have the tools and influence to prevent many of these deaths and significantly improve their patients' health and quality of life. There is no reason for these tools to be underused.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-31
Number of pages	3
Journal	Minnesota medicine
Volume	82
Issue number	11
State	Published - Nov 1999

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New threats from an old enemy. A physician update on pneumococcus.

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