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Bacterial meningitis and pneumococcal serotype distribution in children in cameroon |
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| Published in | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2012, vol. 31, no. 10, p. 1084-7 | |
| Abstract | Acute bacterial meningitis causes a substantial number of deaths in Cameroon. Among 170 children with acute meningitis, 112 were positive for a bacterial pathogen when tested using polymerase chain reaction amplification, and Streptococcus pneumoniae accounted for 57.1% of cases. Pneumococcal serotype coverage by 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was 62.1%. This study shows that in Cameroon, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage is less than what is estimated for other African countries. | |
| Keywords | Adolescent — Cameroon/epidemiology — Child — Child, Preschool — Female — Humans — Infant — Male — Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology/microbiology — Multicenter Studies as Topic — Pneumococcal Vaccines/immunology — Polymerase Chain Reaction — Prospective Studies — Serotyping — Streptococcus pneumoniae/classification/isolation & purification | |
| Identifiers | PMID: 22653488 | |
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| Research group | Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | GERVAIX, Alain et al. Bacterial meningitis and pneumococcal serotype distribution in children in cameroon. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2012, vol. 31, n° 10, p. 1084-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318260552d https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31614 |
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