Laboratory surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia, before and after introduction of 7-valent conjugate vaccine: reduced …
S Oftadeh, HF Gidding, GL Gilbert - Epidemiology & Infection, 2013 - cambridge.org
We compared serotype distributions of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients
aged< 5 and⩾ 5 years with invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia,
and antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates from the< 5 years age group only, before (2002–
2004) and after (2005–2009) introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
(PCV7). Overall, there were significant decreases in the mean annual number of referred
isolates (770 vs. 515) and the proportion belonging to PCV7 serotypes (74% vs. 38%), but …
aged< 5 and⩾ 5 years with invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia,
and antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates from the< 5 years age group only, before (2002–
2004) and after (2005–2009) introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
(PCV7). Overall, there were significant decreases in the mean annual number of referred
isolates (770 vs. 515) and the proportion belonging to PCV7 serotypes (74% vs. 38%), but …
