Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States

Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have decreased the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. Since vaccine introduction, however, rates of infection due to nonvaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes have increased. We now describe 3 meningitis cases due to the nonvaccine serotypes...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in pediatrics 2020-11, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Wood, Kelly E., Patrick, Katherine D., Bhoojhawon, Guru V., Marks, Jessie
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Bacterial pneumonia
Case reports
Case Series
Convulsions & seizures
Dermatitis
Drug resistance
Encephalitis
Fever
Hypertension
Illnesses
Laboratories
Lymphocytes
Magnetic resonance imaging
Meningitis
Pediatrics
Penicillin
Pneumonia
Premature birth
Spleen
Streptococcus infections
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Vaccines
Virulence
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Zusammenfassung:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have decreased the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. Since vaccine introduction, however, rates of infection due to nonvaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes have increased. We now describe 3 meningitis cases due to the nonvaccine serotypes 35B and 11A from rural United States.
ISSN:2090-6803
2090-6811
DOI:10.1155/2020/2372843