Faye Stuart died in hospital five days after she was struck down by pneumococcal meningitis, a rare and non-contagious form of the disease. |
He mentioned the pneumococcal vaccine, which of course, in layman's term, you told me, the pneumonia vaccine. |
However, both the strep pneumonia bacteria and the pneumococcal pneumonia bacteria are, to some extent, natural residents in the human body. |
The new heptavalent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine should be given from two months of age. |
The new pneumococcal vaccine may help prevent ear infections caused by certain bacteria. |
Alternate methods of diagnosing pneumococcal disease are based on the detection of bacterial antigens in body fluids. |