A multicenter study on the epidemiology of complicated parapneumonic effusion in the era of currently available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

CONCLUSION: A decreasing time trend in c-PPE cases among children was shown after the introduction of PCV13 in our area. However, serotype 3 is nowadays a common cause of PPE. Hence, continuous surveillance is imperative in order to follow c-PPE epidemiology over time.PMID:37805358 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.004

Source: Vaccine - October 7, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Smaragda Papachristidou Vasiliki Lapea Martha Charisi Eleni Kourkouni Dimitra Kousi Athanasia Xirogianni Olga Dedousi Irene Papaconstadopoulos Eirini Eleftheriou Panagiotis Krepis Sophia Pasparaki Georgios Pantalos Anastasios Doudoulakakis Elisavet Bozavo Source Type: research