Increasing Incidence of Empyema Complicating Childhood Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in the United States | Zendy

Carlos G. Grijalva | Zendy; J. Pekka Nuorti | Zendy; Yuwei Zhu | Zendy; Marie R. Griffin | Zendy

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Increasing Incidence of Empyema Complicating Childhood Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in the United States

Author(s) -

Carlos G. Grijalva,

J. Pekka Nuorti,

Yuwei Zhu,

Marie R. Griffin

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/650573

Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , incidence (geometry) , pneumonia , pediatrics , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , pneumococcal pneumonia , intensive care medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , surgery , antibiotics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology

The incidence of childhood pneumonia decreased following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in the United States. Recent regional reports suggest an increase in the incidence of childhood pneumonia complicated by empyema. We assessed whether early decreases in pneumonia hospitalization rates were sustained and trends in such hospitalizations complicated by empyema in United States children aged <5 years.

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