Early-onset Streptococcus pneumoniae neonatal sepsis and meningitis in the 13-valent vaccine era

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Nov;32(11):1299-300. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829ebeea.

Authors

Julio F Fothy¹, Susanne Vetter, Antonio Iñigo, José Gil, José L Pérez, Juan A Hervás

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Microbiology and Pediatrics, Son Espases University Hospital, University Institute of Health Sciences-IUNICS, University of The Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

PMID: 24141804
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829ebeea

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology
Carrier State / microbiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Male
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / drug therapy
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / microbiology
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology
Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
Shock, Septic / drug therapy
Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Vaccines, Conjugate / administration & dosage
Vagina / microbiology

Substances

13-valent pneumococcal vaccine
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate