Invasive pneumococcal disease after routine pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in children, England and Wales

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):61-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120741.

Abstract

We assessed known risk factors, clinical presentation, and outcome of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children 3-59 months of age after introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in England and Wales. During September 2006-March 2010, a total of 1,342 IPD episodes occurred in 1,332 children; 14.9% (198/1,332) had comorbidities. Compared with IPD caused by PCV7 serotypes (44/248; 17.7%), comorbidities were less common for the extra 3 serotypes in the 10-valent vaccine (15/299; 5.0%) but similar to the 3 additional PCV13 serotypes (45/336; 13.4%) and increased for the 11 extra serotypes in 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) (39/186; 21.0%) and non-PPV23 serotypes (38/138; 27.5%). Fifty-two (3.9%) cases resulted from PCV7 failure; 9 (0.7%) case-patients had recurrent IPD. Case-fatality rate was 4.4% (58/1,332) but higher for meningitis (11.0%) and children with comorbidities (9.1%). Thus, comorbidities were more prevalent in children with IPD caused by non-PCV13 serotypes and were associated with increased case fatality.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Comorbidity
  • England / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / mortality
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / epidemiology*
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / immunology
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / mortality
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / immunology*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*
  • Risk Factors
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / pathogenicity
  • Survival Analysis
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccines, Conjugate
  • Wales / epidemiology

Substances

  • Pneumococcal Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Conjugate