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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Title		Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland
Authors		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 show all authors [1 - 14]
Published in		BMC infectious diseases. 2013, vol. 13, 357
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
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-357 PMID: 23899390
Full text		Article (Published version) (324 Kb) - Free access
Structures		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)
Citation (ISO format)		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 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:35511