12 years active surveillance for pediatric pleural empyema in a Mexican hospital: effectiveness of pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, and early emergence of methicillin-resistant

Background: Previous publications have proved the effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal pleural empyema (PnPE) in children, with little emergence of other pathogens. We searched the literature to establish whether PCV13 reduces PnPE, and to identify ot...

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Main Authors: Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Rosa Maria Rivas-Landeros, Maria Luisa Volker-Soberanes, Erika Zoe Lopatynsky-Reyes, Chandra Becka, Jorge Arturo Alvelais-Palacios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2049936119839312