title: Parapneumonic pleural effusions caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 in children immunized with 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine.
abstract: During 2012, Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 was identified by polymerase chain reaction in 15 out of 20 (75%) pleural fluid specimens from children with pneumococcal pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic pleural effusion in Greece. One-third of these children had been immunized with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine after the age of 12 months, according to the national immunization schedule.
authors.affiliation: From the *3rd Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki; †2nd Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, "P. and A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital"; ‡National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, National School of Public Health, Athens; and §Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antachopoulos
authors.forename: Maria N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Tsolia
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tzanakaki
authors.forename: Athanasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xirogianni
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dedousi
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Markou
authors.forename: Sofia-Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zografou
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eliades
authors.forename: Fotis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kirvassilis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kesanopoulos
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roilides
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: C538862:13-valent pneumococcal vaccine; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines