Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland

Chappuy, Hélène; Reitz, Kristina; Gehri, Mario; Tabin, René Roger; Robitaille, Lynda; Raymond, Frederic; Corbeil, Jacques; Maspoli, Veronica; Bouazza, Naim; Alcoba Wright, Fermin Gabriel; Lacroix, Laurence Elisabeth; Manzano, Sergio; Galetto-Lacour, Annick; Gervaix, Alain

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-357

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Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland

ContributorsChappuy, Hélène; Reitz, Kristina; Gehri, Mario; Tabin, René Roger; Robitaille, Lynda; Raymond, Frederic; Corbeil, Jacques; Maspoli, Veronica; Bouazza, Naim; Alcoba Wright, Fermin Gabriel; Lacroix, Laurence Elisabeth; Manzano, Sergio; Galetto-Lacour, Annick; Gervaix, Alain

Published inBMC infectious diseases, vol. 13, 357

Publication date2013

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious cause of morbidity among children in developed countries. The real impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal pneumonia is difficult to assess accurately.

Keywords

Adolescent
Carrier State/immunology/microbiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Community-Acquired Infections/immunology/microbiology/radiography
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Nasopharynx/microbiology
Pneumococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/immunology/microbiology/radiography
Prospective Studies
Statistics, Nonparametric
Streptococcus pneumoniae/classification/isolation & purification

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research group

Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183)

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CHAPPUY, Hélène et al. Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland. In: BMC infectious diseases, 2013, vol. 13, p. 357. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-357

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PID : unige:35511
DOI : 10.1186/1471-2334-13-357
PMID : 23899390

ISSN of the journal1471-2334

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Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious cause of morbidity among children in developed countries. The real impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal pneumonia is difficult to assess accurately.

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