The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study.
F ZingoneA Abdul SultanC J CrooksL J TataC CiacciProf Joe WestPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2016)
Unvaccinated patients with coeliac disease under the age of 65 have an excess risk of community-acquired pneumonia that was not found in vaccinated patients with coeliac disease. As only a minority of patients with coeliac disease are being vaccinated there is a missed opportunity to intervene to protect these patients from pneumonia.