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Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children in the Post–Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era

DOI

30

Citations

16

References

2017

Year

Liset Olarte, José R. Romero, William J. Barson, John S. Bradley, Philana Ling Lin, Laurence B. Givner, Tina Q. Tan, Jill A. Hoffman, Kristina G. Hultén, Edward O. Mason,
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

Pneumococcal OAI represents 3% of all IPD, affecting mainly healthy infants and young children. Hospitalization for pneumococcal OAI caused by PCV13 serotypes dramatically decreased (-87%) after the introduction of PCV13.

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