TY - JOUR
TI - Epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia hospitalizations and associated complications before and after the implementation of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Athens, Greece
AU - Lagousi, T.
AU - Papadatou, I.
AU - Kopsidas, I.
AU - Critselis, E.
AU - Theodoridou, M.
AU - Spoulou, V.
JO - Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
PY - 2015
VL - 4
TODO - 3
SP - 260-263
PB - Oxford University Press
SN - 2048-7193, 2048-7207
TODO - 10.1093/jpids/pit088
TODO - Pneumococcus vaccine;  Pneumococcus vaccine, acute respiratory failure;  adolescent;  Article;  bacterial virulence;  child;  community acquired pneumonia;  empyema;  Greece;  hemolytic uremic syndrome;  hospital admission;  hospitalization;  human;  infant;  lung abscess;  pleura effusion;  priority journal;  retrospective study;  septic shock;  septicemia;  systemic inflammatory response syndrome;  vaccination;  Community-Acquired Infections;  diagnostic test;  immunology;  newborn;  Pneumococcal Infections;  pneumonia;  preschool child;  tertiary care center;  vaccine immunogenicity, Child;  Child, Preschool;  Community-Acquired Infections;  Diagnostic Tests, Routine;  Greece;  Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine;  Humans;  Immunogenicity, Vaccine;  Infant;  Infant, Newborn;  Pneumococcal Infections;  Pneumonia;  Retrospective Studies;  Tertiary Care Centers
TODO - We determined the rates of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)-associated hospitalizations and complications in Athens, over a period covering 4 years before and 4 years after the implementation of the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) in Greece. PCV7 had no impact on pediatric CAP rates, whereas there was an increase in CAP-associated complications. © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
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