| Literature DB >> 28574743 |
Ayşe Büyükcam1, Hüseyin Güdücüoğlu2, Kamuran Karaman3, Venhar Gürbüz1, Emil Aliyev4, Ateş Kara1, Mehmet Ceyhan1.
Abstract
Invasive pneumococcal infections among children are a serious public health problem in many countries, including Turkey. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been included in Turkey's National Immunization Programme since 2009. We report the first two pediatric cases of invasive pneumococcal infection due to non-vaccine serotype 15A after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation in Turkey. It is essential to monitor the countries' own local seroepidemiologic data for detecting selective pressure of non-vaccine serotypes of S. pneumonia.Entities:
Keywords: child; invasive pneumococcal infection; serotype 15A; serotype replacement
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28574743 PMCID: PMC5557239 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1331802
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Vaccin Immunother ISSN: 2164-5515 Impact factor: 3.452