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Asthma as a Risk Factor for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

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2005

Year

Thomas R. Talbot, Tina V. Hartert, Ed Mitchel, Natasha Halasa, Patrick G. Arbogast, Katherine A. Poehling, William Schaffner, Allen S. Craig, Marie R. Griffin
New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

Asthma is an independent risk factor for invasive pneumococcal disease. The risk among persons with asthma was at least double that among controls.

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