Nasopharyngeal s. pneumoniae carriage and density in Belgian infants after 9 years of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine programme

[Display omitted] •High (>80%) pneumococcal carriage in infants in day-care or with acute otitis media.•Carriage density was associated with antibiotic use and signs of common cold.•Low (

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Published in:Vaccine 2018-01, Vol.36 (1), p.15-22
Main Authors: Wouters, Ine, Van Heirstraeten, Liesbet, Desmet, Stefanie, Blaizot, Stéphanie, Verhaegen, Jan, Goossens, Herman, Van Damme, Pierre, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Theeten, Heidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Chi-square test
Day care centers
Day-care
Drug resistance
Ear diseases
Haemophilus influenzae
Immunization
Infants
Nasopharyngeal carriage
Otitis media
Pneumonia
Population
S. pneumoniae
Streptococcus infections
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Surveillance
Vaccines
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Summary:[Display omitted] •High (>80%) pneumococcal carriage in infants in day-care or with acute otitis media.•Carriage density was associated with antibiotic use and signs of common cold.•Low (
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.052