Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States

Joint Authors

Marks, Jessie
Bhoojhawon, Guru V.
Patrick, Katherine D.
Wood, Kelly E.

Source

Case Reports in Pediatrics

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-11-27

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have decreased the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children.

Since vaccine introduction, however, rates of infection due to nonvaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes have increased.

We now describe 3 meningitis cases due to the nonvaccine serotypes 35B and 11A from rural United States.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Marks, Jessie& Bhoojhawon, Guru V.& Patrick, Katherine D.& Wood, Kelly E.. 2020. Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States. Case Reports in Pediatrics،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150608

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Marks, Jessie…[et al.]. Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States. Case Reports in Pediatrics No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150608

American Medical Association (AMA)

Marks, Jessie& Bhoojhawon, Guru V.& Patrick, Katherine D.& Wood, Kelly E.. Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150608

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1150608