Bacterial meningitis and pneumococcal serotype distribution in children in cameroon.
Acute bacterial meningitis causes a substantial number of deaths in Cameroon. Among 170 children with acute meningitis, 112 were positive for a bacterial pathogen when tested using polymerase chain reaction amplification, and Streptococcus pneumoniae accounted for 57.1% of cases. Pneumococcal serotype coverage by 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was 62.1%. This study shows that in Cameroon, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage is less than what is estimated for other African countries.
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. alain.gervaix@hcuge.ch
Alain
A
Gervaix
Jean
J
Taguebue
Béatrice Ninet
BN
Bescher
Jacques
J
Corbeil
Frédéric
F
Raymond
Gabriel
G
Alcoba
Marie
M
Kobela
Ekoe
E
Tetanye
D000293:Adolescent; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
C538862:13-valent pneumococcal vaccine; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines