An explosive outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-8 infection in a highly vaccinated residential care home, England, summer 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1957-1963

  Thomas, H L ^a   Gajraj, R ^a   Slack, M P E ^a   Sheppard, C ^a   Hawkey, P ^a,b   Gossain, S ^a   Drew, C M ^a   Pebody, R G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; pneumococcal infections; pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 8; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84930272507     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002490     Document Type: Article

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