Open AccessPneumococcal meningitis: A 12 year experience in a children’s hospital prior to the universal immunization with a conjugate vaccine
Author(s) -
Griselda Berberian,
M Guadalupe Pérez,
Carolina Epelbaum,
María Del Carmen Ceinos,
Horacio Lopardo,
María Teresa Rosanova
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.eng.332
Subject(s) - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , meningitis , medicine , immunization , pediatrics , conjugate , conjugate vaccine , streptococcus pneumoniae , virology , immunology , antibiotics , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Pneumococcal meningitis is causedby Streptococcuspneumoniae and hashigh morbidity and mortality rates. The objective of this study was to identify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics, antibiotic sensitivity and evolution of pneumococcal meningitis in children prior to the introduction of the vaccine in Argentina.