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SUBMITTER: Harboe ZB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680036 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Harboe Zitta B ZB Thomsen Reimar W RW Riis Anders A Valentiner-Branth Palle P Christensen Jens Jørgen JJ Lambertsen Lotte L Krogfelt Karen A KA Konradsen Helle B HB Benfield Thomas L TL
PLoS medicine 20090526 5
<h4>Background</h4>Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between specific pneumococcal serotypes and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).<h4>Methods and findings</h4>In a nationwide population-based cohort study of IPD in Denmark during 1977-2007, 30-d mortality associated with pneumococcal serotypes was examined by multivariate logistic regression analysis after controlling for potent ...[more]