Pneumonia remain an important public health problem. The primary objective was to determine the proportion of community-acquired pneumonia that is attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection; secondary objectives were the description of community-acquired pneumonia attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae according to socio-demographic and clinical variables, the clinical evolution of community-acquired pneumonia and the description of the serotype distribution of vaccine-preventable disease and antibiotic resistance rate of pneumococcal infections.

Serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Italy / M. Di Pasquale, S. Aliberti, C. Azzari, M. Moriondo, F. Nieddu, F. Blasi, M. Mantero. - In: SAGE OPEN MEDICINE. - ISSN 2050-3121. - 5(2017 Jul 16), pp. 1-4. [10.1177/2050312117720058]

Serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Italy

M. Di Pasquale
Primo
;
S. Aliberti
Secondo
;
F. Blasi
Penultimo
;
M. Mantero
Ultimo
2017

Abstract

Pneumonia remain an important public health problem. The primary objective was to determine the proportion of community-acquired pneumonia that is attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection; secondary objectives were the description of community-acquired pneumonia attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae according to socio-demographic and clinical variables, the clinical evolution of community-acquired pneumonia and the description of the serotype distribution of vaccine-preventable disease and antibiotic resistance rate of pneumococcal infections.
pneumonia; pneumococcal disease; vaccine
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16-lug-2017
16-lug-2017
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