Several antibiotic-resistant health threats are vaccine-preventable. – VoICE
Key Concept

Key Evidence: A study of sickle cell disease patients in Ghana found that pneumoccocus bacteria found in their noses and throats had high rates of drug resistance with 37% of positive samples resistant to penicillin and 34% resistant to multiple drugs (typically penicillin + tetracycline + cotrimoxazole).

Dayie NTK, Tetteh-Ocloo G, Labi A-K et al. 2018. Pneumococcal carriage among sickle cell disease patients in Accra, Ghana: Risk factors, serotypes and antibiotic resistance. PLoS One. 13(11).
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