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Pneumococcal vaccination prevents infection by 23 types of pneumococcus bacteria. Childhood pneumococcal vaccination is recommended, as is vaccination for adults older than 65, and people over 2 years of age who have congestive heart failure, diabetes, chronic liver disease, alcoholism, cardiomyopathy, COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, spinal fluid leaks, HIV, leukemia, asplenia, multiple myeloma, kidney failure, or sickle cell disease.

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