Impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) programme on childhood hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia and empyema in England: national time-trends study, 1997–2008

BackgroundChildhood bacterial pneumonia and empyema rates have reportedly increased in recent years in Europe. In September 2006 the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) was introduced to the childhood national immunisation programme in England following a successful PCV7 campaign...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 2010-09, Vol.65 (9), p.770-774
Hauptverfasser:	Koshy, Elizabeth, Murray, Joanna, Bottle, Alex, Sharland, Mike, Saxena, Sonia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Age Distribution Antibiotics Bacteria Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Bacterial infections Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Child Child, Preschool Children Cystic fibrosis Data processing Disease Empyema Empyema, Pleural - epidemiology Empyema, Pleural - prevention & control England - epidemiology Female Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization - trends Hospitals Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunization Immunization Programs Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Mortality Patient admissions pneumococcal vaccines Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Pneumology Pneumonia Pneumonia, Bacterial - epidemiology Pneumonia, Bacterial - prevention & control respiratory tract infection Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections - prevention & control Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections State Medicine - statistics & numerical data State Medicine - trends Statistical analysis Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Studies Trends Vaccination Vaccines Vaccines, Conjugate - administration & dosage Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:	BackgroundChildhood bacterial pneumonia and empyema rates have reportedly increased in recent years in Europe. In September 2006 the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) was introduced to the childhood national immunisation programme in England following a successful PCV7 campaign in the USA. The aim of this study was to report national time trends in hospital admissions for childhood bacterial pneumonia and empyema in England before and after the introduction of PCV7.MethodsA population-based time-trend analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics data of children aged
ISSN:	0040-6376 1468-3296
DOI:	10.1136/thx.2010.137802