Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix dougco@email.arizona.edu
As the incidence of antibiotic resistance increases, the primary prevention of bacterial infections becomes more significant. It is of both public health and individual importance that those who develop conditions placing them at increased risk for pneumococcal disease or complications from pneumococcal infection receive recommended pneumococcal vaccines.
