Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of numerous scientific studies carried out in Russia with the use of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. New data are available to assess the impact of vaccines on clinical and immunological aspects in a particular pathology in children, which allows to reveal the mechanisms associated with the effectiveness of vaccination.

Keywords

• pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
• pneumococcal disease
• immunization