Abstract

This statement will supplement previous pneumococcal statements1-4 and provide the evidence used to add asthma to the group of conditions that increase an individual’s risk for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).

This update will:

  • Provide a systematic review of the literature on the risk of IPD associated with asthma;
  • Make recommendations about the use of pneumococcal vaccines in individuals with asthma
  • Recommendation
  • Americas
  • Canada
  • Pneumococcal disease