Belgian consensus on pneumococcal vaccine. Working Party on Pneumococcal Vaccine
Acta Clinica Belgica 51(5): 350-356
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1784-3286 PMID: 8950842 Document Number: 463111
An ad hoc working party on pneumococcal vaccine with representatives of the Belgian Society for Infectiology and Clinical Microbiology, the Belgian Society for Pulmonology, and a Scientific Society of General Physicians confirms the recommendations on the use of the 23-valent capsular polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine, as established by the "Hoge Gezondheidsraad--Conseil Supérieur d'Hygiène". The present consensus statement provides a review of the scientific data on which the indications for pneumococcal vaccine are based. These data are derived both from Belgian studies as well as from the international literature.