All parts of the body (muscles, brain, heart, and liver) need energy to work. This energy comes from the food we eat. Our bodies digest the food we eat by mixing it with fluids (acids and enzymes) in the stomach. When the stomach digests food, the carbohydrate (sugars and starches) in the food breaks down into another type of sugar, called glucose.
On June 20, 2012, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent. pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13; Prevnar) for adults aged â¥ 19 years with immunocompromising conditions, functional or anatomic asplenia, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, or cochlear implants.
Who should get the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)? All infants beginning at two months of age should receive a four-dose series of vaccine; catch-up vac-cination is recommended for children younger than age 5 years who did not receive vaccine on schedule.his pneumococ-cal polysaccharide vaccine is commonly known as PPSV23. The PPSV23 vaccine is licensed for routine use in adults 65 years and older and people with certain risk factors who are age 2 through 64 years.The first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV7 (Prevnar 7, Pfizer), was licensed in 2000.