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

Chappuy, Hélène; Keitel, Kristina; Gehri, Mario; Tabin, René; Robitaille, Lynda; Raymond, Frederic; Corbeil, Jacques; Maspoli, Veronica; Bouazza, Naim; Alcoba, Gabriel; Lacroix, Laurence; Manzano, Sergio; Galetto-Lacour, Annick; Gervaix, Alain (2013). Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland. BMC infectious diseases, 13(357), p. 357. BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2334-13-357

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BACKGROUND

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.

METHODS

Children aged ≤16 years with clinical and radiological pneumonia were enrolled in a multicenter prospective study. Children aged ≤16 years admitted for a minor elective surgery was recruited as controls. Nasopharyngeal samples for PCR serotyping of S. pneumoniae were obtained in both groups. Informations on age, gender, PCV7 vaccination status, day care/school attendance, siblings, tobacco exposure were collected.

RESULTS

In children with CAP (n=236), 54% of the nasopharyngeal swabs were PCR-positive for S. pneumoniae compared to 32% in controls (n=105) (p=0.003). Serotype 19A was the most common pneumococcal serotype carried in children with CAP (13%) and in controls (15%). Most common serotypes were non-vaccine types (39.4% for CAP and 47.1% for controls) and serotypes included only in PCV13 (32.3% for CAP and 23.5% for controls). There was no significant difference in vaccine serotype distribution between the two groups. In fully vaccinated children with CAP, the proportion of serotypes carried only in PCV13 was higher (51.4%) than in partially vaccinated or non vaccinated children (27.6% and 28.6% respectively, p=0.037).

CONCLUSIONS

Two to 4 years following introduction of PCV7, predominant S. pneumoniae serotypes carried in children with CAP were non PCV7 serotypes, and the 6 new serotypes included in PCV13 accounted for 51.4% of carried serotypes in fully vaccinated children.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

UniBE Contributor:

Keitel, Kristina

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1471-2334

Publisher:

BioMed Central

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

25 Nov 2021 14:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:54

Publisher DOI:

10.1186/1471-2334-13-357

PubMed ID:

23899390

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/160550

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160550

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