1. InvasiveStreptococcus pneumoniaein Children, Malawi, 2004–2006
- Author
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Dean Everett, Enitan D. Carrol, Christopher M. Parry, Brigitte Denis, Jennifer E. Cornick, Daniel L. Banda, and C. M. Broughton
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Microbiology (medical) ,Epidemiology ,Drug resistance ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Virology ,Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ,Microbiology ,Penicillin ,Chloramphenicol Resistance ,Pneumococcal infections ,Infectious Diseases ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,medicine ,Ceftriaxone ,Meningitis ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Of 176 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children in Malawi, common serotypes were 1 (23%), 6A/B (18%), 14 (6%), and 23F (6%). Coverage with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was 39%; PCV10 and PCV13 increased coverage to 66% and 88%, respectively. We found chloramphenicol resistance in 27% of isolates and penicillin nonsusceptibility in 10% (by using meningitis breakpoints); all were ceftriaxone susceptible.
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- 2011