Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 15A in Psychiatric Unit, Rhode Island, USA, 2010–2011

Authors :: Katherine Fleming-Dutra
Chukwuma Mbaeyi
Ruth Link-Gelles
Nicole Alexander
Alice Guh
Elizabeth Forbes
Bernard Beall
Jonas M. Winchell
Maria da Gloria Carvalho
Fabiana Pimenta
Maja Kodani
Cindy Vanner
Hilary Stevens
Diane Brady
Mardea Caulcrick-Grimes
Utpala Bandy
Matthew R. Moore
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 11, Pp 1889-1893 (2012)
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012.
Abstract: During a pneumococcal disease outbreak in a pediatric psychiatric unit in a hospital in Rhode Island, USA, 6 (30%) of 20 patients and staff were colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15A, which is not included in pneumococcal vaccines. The outbreak subsided after implementation of antimicrobial drug prophylaxis and enhanced infection control measures.

Subjects :: Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumococcal infections
pneumonia, pneumococcal, serotype 15A, bacteria, antibiotic, antimicrobial, disease outbreak
pneumonia
pneumococcal
serotype 15A
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216

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