PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION. NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN VACCINOPROPHYLAXIS OF PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION

Abstract

Pneumococcal infection is the most frequent cause of diseases of upper and inferior airways and nasopharynx in children. Also pneumococcal infection may cause such severe diseases as meningitis and pneumonia. The only way of prophylaxis of these diseases is vaccination. Prevalence of pneumococcal infection is analyzed and necessity of children's vaccination is proved in this article. Besides, authors present the data of new conjugated heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine, which can be used in children from 2 month in contrast to polysaccharide one.Key words: children, pneumococcal infection, meningitis, otitis, pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.