title: A pediatric case of acute meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33D.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children. It is also responsible for bacteremia, sepsis, pneumonia, sinusitis and acute otitis media in young children worldwide. The serotypes included in the 7-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7)-1, 5, 6A, 6B, 14, 19F, 23F-are those most commonly responsible for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) globally. Unvaccinated children are at greater risk for meningitis. The rate of non-vaccine serotypes as causes of invasive disease has increased. Although the incidence rate of IPD is highest in children aged <2 years, the rare, non-vaccine serotypes of S. pneumoniae may be responsible for acute meningitis in older, unvaccinated children. In this report, we present a pediatric case of meningitis due to S. pneumoniae serotype 33D, which has not been previously identified as a cause of IPD in those countries where PCV7 is routinely administered, including Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Training Hospital, Ankara,Turkey. ayse092003@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaman
authors.forename: Türkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aydın-Teke
authors.forename: Fatma Nur
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Öz
authors.forename: Gülsüm İclal
authors.initials: Gİ
authors.lastname: Bayhan
authors.forename: Özge
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Zeynep Gökçe
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Gayretli-Aydın
authors.forename: Gönül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanır
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification; D014421:Turkey; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate
chemical_list: D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate