Casanova, Carlo; Küffer, Marianne; Leib, Stephen L.; Hilty, Markus (2021). Re-emergence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and increase of serotype 23B after easing of COVID-19 measures, Switzerland, 2021. Emerging microbes & infections, 10(1), pp. 2202-2204. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/22221751.2021.2000892
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Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has been low during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we found that the IPD numbers again increased in Switzerland during the first six months of 2021, and that this coincides with the loosening of COVID 19 measures.Vaccine pneumococcal serotypes have continued to decrease but non-vaccine type serotype 23B has emerged (8% of the isolates in 2021). Worryingly, serotype 23B is associated with reduced susceptibility to penicillin.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Research 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > General Bacteriology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Casanova, Carlo, Küffer, Marianne, Leib, Stephen, Hilty, Markus |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2222-1751 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Funders: |
[191] Swiss Federal Office of Public Health = Bundesamt für Gesundheit |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Stephen Leib |
Date Deposited: |
02 Dec 2021 11:17 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/22221751.2021.2000892 |
PubMed ID: |
34723783 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
COVID-19 restrictions Streptococcus pneumoniae non-susceptibility to penicillin surveillance |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/161401 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/161401 |
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