A 6-year retrospective epidemiologic study of pediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 945-951

  Huang, Yi Chuan ^a   Ho, Yu Huai ^b   Hsieh, Yu Chia ^c   Lin, Hsiao Chuan ^d   Hwang, Kao Pin ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^e   Huang, Li Min ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Community acquired pneumonia; Epidemiological study; Immunization; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 59149105084     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60018-8     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Ruuskanen O, Mertsola J. Childhood community-acquired pneumonia. Semin Respir Infect 1999;14:163-72.
2. Juven T, Mertsola J, Waris M, et al. Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in 254 hospitalized children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000;19:293-8.
3. Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Avila-Aguero ML, Herrera ML, et al. Invasive pneumococcal disease in Costa Rican children: a seven year survey. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003;22:1069-74.
4. Heiskanen-Kosma T, Korppi M, Jokinen C, et al. Etiology of childhood pneumonia: serologic results of a prospective, population-based study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998;17: 986-91.
5. Tan TQ. Update on pneumococcal infections of the respiratory tract. Semin Respir Infect 2002;17:3-9.
6. Michelow IC, Olsen K, Lozano J, et al. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children. Pediatrics 2004;113:701-7.
7. Djuretic T, Ryan MJ, Miller E, et al. Hospital admissions in children due to pneumococcal pneumonia in England. J Infect 1998;37:54-8.
8. Michelow IC, Lozano J, Olsen K, et al. Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae lower respiratory infection in hospitalized children by culture, polymerase chain reaction, serological testing, and urinary antigen detection. Clin Infect Dis 2002;34:E1-11.
9. Buckingham SC, King MD, Miller ML. Incidence and etiologies of complicated parapneumonic effusions in children, 1996 to 2001. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003;22: 499-504.
10. Hardie WD, Roberts NE, Reising SF, et al. Complicated parapneumonic effusions in children caused by penicillin nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pediatrics 1998; 101:388-92.
11. Wexler JD, Knoll S, Picard E, et al. Clinical characteristics and outcome of complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in a pediatric population. Pediatr Pulmonol 2006;41:726-34.
12. Scheifele D, Halperin S, Pelletier L, et al. Invasive pneumococcal infections in Canadian children, 1991-1998: implications for new vaccination strategies. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:58-64.
13. Kaplan SL, Mason EO, Wald ER, et al. Six year multicenter surveillance of invasive pneumococcal infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002;21:141-7.
14. Clark JE, Hammal D, Hampton F, et al. Epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children seen in hospital. Epidemiol Infect 2007;135:262-9.
15. Hsieh YC, Hsiao CH, Tsao PN, et al. Necrotizing pneumococcal pneumonia in children: the role of pulmonary gangrene. Pediatr Pulmonol 2006;41:623-9.
16. Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1917-24.
17. Kim PE, Musher DM, Glezen WP, et al. Association of invasive pneumococcal disease with season, atmospheric conditions, air pollution, and the isolation of respiratory viruses. Clin Infect Dis 1996;22:100-6.
18. Black S, Shinefield H, Fireman B, et al. Efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000;19:187-95.
19. Shinefield HR, Black S. Efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in large scale field trials. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000; 19:394-7.
20. Grijalva CG, Nuorti JP, Arbogast PG, et al. Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysis. Lancet 2007;369:1179-86.
21. Shao PL, Lu CY Chang LY, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine booster in Taiwanese toddlers. J Formos Med Assoc 2006;105: 542-9.
22. Shao PL, Lu CY, Chang LY, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Taiwanese infants. J Formos Med Assoc 2004;103:613-7.
23. Shao PL, Chie WC, Wang CY, et al. Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in Taiwan, 1997 and 2000. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2004;37:164-8.