[Characteristics of patients with invasive pneumococcal disease requiring admission to intensive care units].

CONCLUSIONS: IPD required PICU admission in cases of septic shock and meningitis, and less so with complicated pneumonia. The percentage of admissions is greater in children with an underlying disease. Admission into the PICU involves a longer stay, complications during the acute phase, as well as sequelae, particularly neurological ones. The serotypes of the patients that were admitted to PICU were predominantly vaccine serotypes. PMID: 32998844 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Anales de Pediatria - September 26, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Díaz-Conradi A, García-García JJ, González Peris S, Fernández de Sevilla M, Moraga Llop F, Ventura PS, Domínguez A, en representación del Grupo Barcino, Miembros del Grupo Barcino (Estudio de la Enfermedad Invasora Neumocócica en Cataluña), Domí Tags: An Pediatr (Barc) Source Type: research