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Vaccine-preventable meningitis in French children with incorrect vaccination status from 2011 to 2013
- Source :
- Archives de Pédiatrie, Archives de Pédiatrie, Elsevier, 2020, 27 (1), pp.1-5. ⟨10.1016/j.arcped.2019.10.008⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2020.
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Abstract
- International audience; The objective of this study was to determine the number of cases of pediatric meningitis or purpura fulminans associated with an incorrect vaccination status from 2011 to 2013 in France. A total of 48 children with vaccine-preventable meningitis or purpura fulminans, including three deaths, had an incorrect vaccination status: 26 cases were due to Neisseria meningitidis group C (54.2%), 19 to Streptococcus pneumoniae (39.6%), and three to Haemophilus influenzae type b (6.3%). The majority of patients (n = 35, 72.9%) had received no injection of the vaccine concerned. Over a 3-year period, 48 cases of bacterial meningitis or purpura fulminans in children could have been avoided if the French immunization schedule had been followed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Haemophilus influenzae type
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Bacterial meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis
medicine.disease_cause
Meningitis, Bacterial
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Vaccination status
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
030225 pediatrics
Streptococcus pneumoniae
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Child
Children
Immunization Schedule
Haemophilus Vaccines
business.industry
Vaccination
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Infant
medicine.disease
3. Good health
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]
Immunization
Child, Preschool
Purpura Fulminans
Bacterial Vaccines
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
France
business
Meningitis
Vaccine
Purpura fulminans
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0929693X and 1769664X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives de Pédiatrie, Archives de Pédiatrie, Elsevier, 2020, 27 (1), pp.1-5. ⟨10.1016/j.arcped.2019.10.008⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....37e7fcf952b3ae4fa698afcb572e942b