title: [Mortality due to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in children. A 5-year retrospective study in Ile-de-France].
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of community acquired infections. We conducted a 5 years retrospective study to assessed mortality of pneumococcal infections in children in the area of Paris. Regarding the provided answers, the mortality rate is 0.3/100.000/year in the 0-15 years old children. The majority of them are toddlers. Only 30% of cases occurred in high-risk children. Meningitis was the main cause of death. Pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics did not appear as a risk factor of mortality.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie générale, centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France. Philippe.ovetchkine@chicreteil.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ovetchkine
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaudelus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000401:mortality; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000401:mortality*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors