Invasive pneumococcal disease caused by non-vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 24B in an immunocompetent child

Naotaka Tamai, MD; Masayoshi Shinjoh, MD, PhD; Hiroyuki Oikawa, MD; Riku Hamada, MD; Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD; Goro Koinuma, MD; Takao Takahashi, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Apr 2024)

Invasive pneumococcal disease caused by non-vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 24B in an immunocompetent child

Naotaka Tamai, MD,
Masayoshi Shinjoh, MD, PhD,
Hiroyuki Oikawa, MD,
Riku Hamada, MD,
Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD,
Goro Koinuma, MD,
Takao Takahashi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Naotaka Tamai, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
Masayoshi Shinjoh, MD, PhD: Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
Hiroyuki Oikawa, MD: Pediatrics, Ariake child clinic, Ariake Garden Medical Mall 1F, 2-1-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0063, Japan
Riku Hamada, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8561, Japan
Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD: Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
Goro Koinuma, MD: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan; Corresponding author.
Takao Takahashi, MD, PhD: Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Center for developmental neurology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 1642 – 1645

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Invasive pneumococcal disease typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, although some vaccine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been reported to cause invasive pneumococcal disease in immunocompetent vaccine recipients. In this study, we presented a case of a 16-month-old immunocompetent patient with lung abscess and empyema caused by nonvaccine S. pneumoniae serotype 24B. A consolidation occupying the right upper lobe in the chest computed tomography results, as observed at presentation, changed to thick-walled cavitary lesions at the end of a month of intravenous antibiotics, and antibiotics were continued for a total of two months. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report that focuses on the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by S. pneumoniae serotype 24B in an immunocompetent child.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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