Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in a child vaccinated with pneumococcal heptavalent conjugate vaccine.
Pneumococcal meningitis is still today a life threatening disease among children under-5 worldwide. Although the heptavalent vaccine has demonstrated its ability to reduce the incidence of pneumococcal disease its efficacy is limited due to the restricted number of serotypes included. We report a case of a child with a Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis despite the use of heptavalent conjugate vaccine.
Giuseppe
G
Miragliotta
Adriana
A
Mosca
Raffaele
R
Del Prete
Rosella
R
De Nittis
Raffaele
R
Antonetti
Anna
A
Di Taranto
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D000069443:Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000069443:Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines