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An outbreak of serotype 19A pneumococcal pneumonia in a relief facility in Japan.

Authors :
Nagano K
Kawasaki S
Moro H
Chang B
Bamba Y
Yamamoto A
Morita M
Ohnishi M
Shibata S
Koizumi T
Aoki N
Honma Y
Abe T
Koya T
Aoki N
Kikuchi T
Source :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 43 (12), pp. 1934-1936. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 30.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

An outbreak of serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae occurred among the residents of a relief facility. Pneumonia developed in 5 of 99 residents (attack rate, 5.1%). We obtained pharyngeal specimens from non-onset residents, and S. pneumoniae was isolated from 6 individuals (6.4%), 5 of whom had serotype 19A.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1559-6834
Volume :
43
Issue :
12
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34325756
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.328