Open AccessThe Etiology of Pneumonia in HIV-uninfected Children in Kilifi, Kenya
Author(s) -
Juliet O. Awori,
Alice Kamau,
Susan Morpeth,
Sidi Kazungu,
Micah Silaba,
Joyce Sande,
Angela Karani,
Sammy Nyongesa,
Salim Mwarumba,
Robert Musyimi,
Anne Bett,
Siti Wande,
Shebe Mohammed,
Mwanajuma Ngama,
Patrick K. Munywoki,
Neema Muturi,
D. James Nokes,
Daniel R. Feikin,
David R. Murdoch,
Christine Prosperi,
Katherine L. O’Brien,
Maria Deloria Knoll,
Laura L. Hammitt,
John A. Scott
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002653
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , etiology , streptococcus pneumoniae , haemophilus influenzae , sputum , bacterial pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , pediatrics , pathology , antibiotics , tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In the 1980s, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae were identified as the principal causes of severe pneumonia in children. We investigated the etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in Kenya after introduction of conjugate vaccines against H. influenzae type b, in 2001, and S. pneumoniae, in 2011.