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Can someone explain the pneumonia vaccines. Are there two of them or just one? Is it for life or every 5 years as I have read. If there are two are they spaced one year apart?
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I recently had my third pneumonia vaccine, PPV23, on the recommendation of MAC expert, Dr. Kevin Winthrop at OHSU. I had the first in 2015 when diagnosed with bronchiectasis, the second (valent 13) from my pulmonologist in 2017, but Dr Winthrop (ID) strongly encouraged adding the new valent 23.