Etiology of Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Pre- and Post-PCV13 Introduction Among Children Under 5 Years Old in Lomé, Togo
Author(s) -
Enyonam Tsolenyanu,
Rowan Bancroft,
Abdul Karim Sesay,
Madikay Senghore,
Mawouto Fiawoo,
Djatougbe Eliane Akolly,
M Godonou,
Novissi Tsogbalé,
Ségla Tigossou,
Leopold D. Tientcheu,
Anoumou Dagnra,
Yawo Atakouma,
Peter Sylvanus Ndow,
Archibald Worwui,
Dadja Essoya Landoh,
Jason M. Mwenda,
Joseph Biey,
Bernard Ntsama,
Brenda Kwambana-Adams,
Martín Antonio
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1093/cid/ciz473
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , bacterial meningitis , meningitis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine
Pediatric bacterial meningitis (PBM) causes severe morbidity and mortality within Togo. Thus, as a member of the World Health Organization coordinated Invasive Bacterial Vaccine Preventable Diseases network, Togo conducts surveillance targeting Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus), and Haemophilus influenzae, at a sentinel hospital within the capital city, Lomé, in the southernmost Maritime region.
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