BELGIAN CONSENSUS ON PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE

An ad hoc working party on pneumococcal vaccine with representatives o f the Belgian Society for Infectiology and Clinical Microbiology, the Belgian Society for Pulmonology, and a Scientific Society of General P hysicians confirms the recommendations on the use of the 23-valent cap sular polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine, as established by the ''Hog e Gezondheidsraad - Conseil Superieur d'Hygiene''. The present consens us statement provides a review of the scientific data on which the ind ications for pneumococcal vaccine are based. These data are derived bo th from Belgian studies as well as from the international literature.