Does pneumococcal conjugate vaccination affect onset and risk of first acute otitis media and recurrences? A primary care-based cohort study.

CONCLUSION: Our cohort study suggests that PCV postpones the onset and reduces the risk of first AOM without affecting recurrences. The impact of PCV on overall AOM in children up to the age of four years seems therefore largely attributable to the prevention of a first AOM episode. PMID: 30738648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30738648?dopt=Abstract

Source: Vaccine - February 6, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Fortanier AC, Venekamp RP, Hoes AW, Schilder AGM Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research