This is the matched 1:2 case-control study, prospectively collect case and control who are diagnosed with pneumococcal or non-pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia (CAP), accordingly from November 2023 through October 2024. The investigators define a CASE as a person aged ≥60 years due to pneumococcal confirmed CAP either in-patients or out-patients by doctor in charge. While a CONTROL is defined as a person aged ≥60 years due to non-pneumococcal confirmed CAP either in-patients or out-patients by doctor in charge. The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in pneumococcal CAP in Thai adults aged ≥ 60 years with or without any medical conditions. The main questions it aims to answer is: • What are the effectiveness of PCV13 for preventing all typed, vaccine typed, or non-vaccine typed of pneumococcal CAP among Thai older adults? The investigators retrospectively collect cases and control who are diagnosed with CAP accordingly from January 2012 through October 2023. The investigators define case and control the same as prospective method, but all data were retrieved from archive database. -The investigators select a 1:2 matched control with criteria as follows; 10-year-interval of age, ward (the same patient care such as out or in-patient, or admitted in the same level ward). Participants will be * collated from hospital database regarding their CAP illnesses by pneumococcal and non-pneumococcal pneumonia condition. * explored their vaccine status by either vaccine book checking or hospital database. Researcher will compare the effectiveness of PCV13 to prevent all typed, vaccine typed and non-vaccine typed pneumococcal pneumonia.
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Vaccine effectiveness of PCV13 on all types of pneumococcal CAP
Timeframe: April - June 2025