Pneumococcal disease in a paediatric population in a hospital of central Italy: A clinical and microbiological case series from 1992 to 2006

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 179 - 184
• Main Authors: Montagnani, Francesca, Fanetti, Alessandra, Stolzuoli, Lucia, Croci, Leonardo, Arena, Fabio, Zanchi, Alessandra, Cellesi, Carla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Chemosusceptibility; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - microbiology; Cross Infection - physiopathology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Erythromycin - pharmacology; Female; Hospitals; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infant; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Meningitis - epidemiology; Meningitis - microbiology; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Paediatric pneumococcal diseases; Penicillin Resistance; Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology; Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology; Pneumococcal Infections - physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis - epidemiology; Sepsis - microbiology; Serotyping; Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification; Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects; Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification; Italy; Europe; Chemosusceptibility; Paediatric pneumococcal diseases; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Human; Infection; Streptococcal infection; Bacteriosis; Hospital; Child; Pneumococcal infection

Summary Objectives Streptococcus pneumoniae is frequently isolated from carrier children, but it also causes localized and invasive diseases. Increasing incidence of chemoresistance can affect the efficacy of empiric therapy and it motivates interest in primary prophylaxis. The study aims to investi...