Invasive pneumococcal disease associated with high case fatality in India

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 36 - 43
• Main Authors: Thomas, Kurien, Mukkai Kesavan, Lalitha, Veeraraghavan, Balaji, Jasmine, Sudha, Jude, John, Shubankar, Mitra, Kulkarni, Poorva, Steinhoff, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial infections; Confidence intervals; Disease; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Immunization; India - epidemiology; Internal Medicine; Invasive pneumococcal disease; Laboratories; Male; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - drug therapy; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - epidemiology; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - microbiology; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - mortality; Methods; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nosocomial infections; Pneumococcal Infections - drug therapy; Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology; Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology; Pneumococcal Infections - mortality; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - microbiology; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - mortality; PPV23; Prospective Studies; S pneumoniae; Serotype group; Sheep; STG; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects; Surveillance; Vaccines; India; Surveillance; STG; Invasive pneumococcal disease; Antimicrobial resistance; Serotype group; PPV23; S pneumoniae; 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

To study the seroepidemiology and antimicrobial resistance pattern of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in older subjects who are admitted to hospitals in India. Prospective surveillance of IPD in patients older than 18 years in seven large academic teaching hospitals in India from 1993 to 2008. A...