Parapneumonic pleural effusions caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 in children immunized with 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jan;33(1):81-3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000041.

Abstract

During 2012, Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 was identified by polymerase chain reaction in 15 out of 20 (75%) pleural fluid specimens from children with pneumococcal pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic pleural effusion in Greece. One-third of these children had been immunized with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine after the age of 12 months, according to the national immunization schedule.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology*
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines