Acute otitis media replacement and recurrence in the Finnish otitis media vaccine trial.

Jokinen, Jukka; Palmu, Arto A; Kilpi, Terhi · Clin Infect Dis · 2012

rct · Level II

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Abstract

We reanalyzed the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial FinOM for prevention of acute otitis media (AOM), with a focus on disease replacement due to other pathogens and AOM recurrence. We found evidence of replacement disease occurring early during the trial follow-up and little vaccine impact on recurrent overall AOM episodes.

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