Prevention
Prevention of bacterial pneumonia is by vaccination against streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for adults and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children), Haemophilus influenzae type B, meningococcus, bacillus anthracis, and yersinia pestis.
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