Risk Factors for Death from Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Europe, 2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Navarro-Torné, Adoración ; Dias, Joana Gomes ; Hruba, Frantiska ; Lopalco, Pier Luigi ; Pastore-Celentano, Lucia ; Gauci, Andrew J. Amato
• Corporate Authors:
  Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Study Group
• Description:
  We studied the possible association between patient age and sex, clinical presentation, Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype, antimicrobial resistance, and death in invasive pneumococcal disease cases reported by 17 European countries during 2010. The study sample comprised 2,921 patients, of whom 56.8% were men and 38.2% were >65 years of age. Meningitis occurred in 18.5% of cases. Death was reported in 264 (9.0%) cases. Older age, meningitis, and nonsusceptibility to penicillin were significantly associated with death. Non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) serotypes among children <5 years of age and 7-valent PCV serotypes among persons 5-64 years of age were associated with increased risk for death; among adults >65 years of age, risk did not differ by serotype. These findings highlight differences in case-fatality rates between serotypes and age; thus, continued epidemiologic surveillance across all ages is crucial to monitor the long-term effects of PCVs.
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 And Over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • History, 21St Century
  • Humans
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(3):417-425.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  Europe
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/28088/cdc_28088_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 571.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:739f270e8b3f47b2f8ae130cdce0dd2345ce827bd27e92e039588cedd083180f