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

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
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
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