Vaccine failures in pediatric cases caused by streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A. Issue 10 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ozkaya-Parlakay, Aslinur; Polat, Meltem; Bedir Demirdag, Tugba; Gulhan, Belgin; Kanik-Yuksek, Saliha; Nar-Otgun, Selin
• Is Part Of: Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. Volume 16:Issue 10(2020)
• Page Start: 2509
• Page End: 2510
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Pediatric -- invasive pneumococcal disease -- serotype 19A; Vaccines -- Periodicals; 615.372
• DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1767450
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2164-5515

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity worldwide. PCV-13 has implemented incidence of CAP undoubtedly in a very good way but continuous surveillance for vaccine failures is still very important for future vaccination programs. To support this opinion we report seven children (age of the seven patients ranged between 10 months and 5 y, 10 months old patients were vaccinated 3 times with PCV13 whereas others were fully vaccinated as 3 + 1) infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A in last 4 y (2015–2018).