Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Refugee Children, Germany

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Oct;24(10):1934-1936. doi: 10.3201/eid2410.180253.

Abstract

Refugee children in Germany are not routinely given a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in 21 refugee children were compared with those in 405 Germany-born children for 3 pneumococcal seasons. Refugee children had significantly higher odds of vaccine-type IPD and multidrug-resistant IPD than did Germany-born children.

Keywords: Germany; asylum seekers; bacteria; invasive pneumococcal disease; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; refugee health; refugees; vaccines.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Odds Ratio
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / prevention & control
  • Refugees*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Serogroup
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae* / drug effects
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae* / immunology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents