Clinical features and outcomes of invasive pneumococcal disease in a pediatric intensive care unit

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) results in high morbidity and mortality globally each year, although it is a vaccine-preventable disease. This study aimed to characterize the clinical features of IPD in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Taiwan. The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vac...

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Published in:BMC pediatrics 2015-07, Vol.15 (1), p.85-85, Article 85
Main Authors: Hsiao, Hsiang-Ju, Wu, Chang-Teng, Huang, Jing-Long, Chiu, Cheng-Hsun, Huang, Yhu-Chering, Lin, Jainn-Jim, Huang, I-Anne, Chan, Oi-Wa, Chou, I-Jun, Hsia, Shao-Hsuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Pneumococcal Infections - diagnosis
Pneumococcal Infections - drug therapy
Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Retrospective Studies
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification
Taiwan - epidemiology
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Summary:Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) results in high morbidity and mortality globally each year, although it is a vaccine-preventable disease. This study aimed to characterize the clinical features of IPD in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Taiwan. The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in the private sector in October 2005. The estimated coverage rate of PCV7 vaccination in 2010 was 45.5% among children
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-015-0387-7