Bacterial Density, Serotype Distribution and Antibiotic Resistance of Pneumococcal Strains from the Nasopharynx of Peruvian Children Before and After Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 7.
AUTHORS
Hanke
CR ,
Grijalva
CG ,
Chochua
S ,
Pletz
MW ,
Hornberg
C ,
Edwards
KM ,
Griffin
MR ,
Verastegui
H ,
Gil
AI ,
Lanata
CF ,
Klugman
KP ,
Vidal
JE ,
. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2016 4 ; 35(4). 432-9
- PMID: PMC4820239 [PubMed].
- PMCID: PMC4820239.
- NIHMSID: 8701858
ABSTRACT
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) have decreased nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine types but little data exist from rural areas. We investigated bacterial density, serotype distribution and antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal strains within the nasopharynx of young children in the Peruvian Andes, 2 years after PCV7 was introduced.
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) have decreased nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine types but little data exist from rural areas. We investigated bacterial density, serotype distribution and antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal strains within the nasopharynx of young children in the Peruvian Andes, 2 years after PCV7 was introduced.
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