Please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this page... The pneumococcal vaccine for infants stimulates your child's body to make antibodies against the pneumococcal bacteria.. This antibody protects the child from illness and infection with the pneumococcal bacteria.. Pneumococcal infection can affect anyone, but it is more common in children and some pneumococcal infections are more serious than others. There is one against pneumococcal infection, but only one works well in children.. This type of vaccine is called the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.. Called Synflorix... The second type of pneumococcal vaccine is called the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) and is used for adults and children over 2 years of age.. **Footnote:** This general information is a limited summary of diagnostic, therapeutic and/or drug information. It is not intended to be comprehensive and should be used as a tool to help the user understand and/or evaluate potential diagnostic and treatment options. This information does not contain all information about conditions, treatments, drugs, side effects or risks that may apply to a particular patient.. Risks or benefits of drugs. does not.... I, Dr. Mehdi Afshari, disclaim any guarantee or responsibility related to this information or its use.... > * Among the medical services provided in the clinic are periodic examinations of children, periodic monitoring of children's growth and physical development, treatment of various infectious, digestive and respiratory diseases in children and adolescents, nutritional counseling, education and periodic care of premature babies, monitoring and treatment of all periodic problems during infancy, periodic mental and physical evaluation of children.. > > *special services of Dr. Mehdi Afshari: specialized office circumcision, home visit and online consultation* > > *Practice address: No. 193, South Mehrabad, Southern Air University, Tafarsh East, Tehran > > *Contact number: 021-66602506*