Pneumococcal bacteremia among infants with fever
Pneumococcal bacteremia among infants with fever without source befote and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Basque Country of Spain
Benito Fernandez J,Mintegi Raso S, Pocheville Gurutzeta I,SánchezEtxaniz J, Azcunaga Santibañez B, Capape´ Zache S. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2007;26(8) :667-671.
Background:
The introduction of vaccination with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has produced an important decrease in the incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae occult bacteremia (OB). In Spain, PCV7 became available in the last months of 2001, but, to date, it has not been included in the official vaccination schedule of the public health system.
Objective:
To describe the impact of pneumococcal vaccination with PCV7 on the incidence of OB caused by S. pneumoniae in infants aged 3–36 months presenting to our pediatric emergency department.
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