Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States

Jessie Marks; Guru V. Bhoojhawon; Katherine D. Patrick; Kelly E. Wood

doi:10.1155/2020/2372843

Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2020)

Emergence of Meningitis Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes of Pneumococcus in Rural United States

Jessie Marks,
Guru V. Bhoojhawon,
Katherine D. Patrick,
Kelly E. Wood

Affiliations

Jessie Marks: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Guru V. Bhoojhawon: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Katherine D. Patrick: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Kelly E. Wood: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2372843
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2020

Abstract

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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have decreased the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. Since vaccine introduction, however, rates of infection due to nonvaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes have increased. We now describe 3 meningitis cases due to the nonvaccine serotypes 35B and 11A from rural United States.

Published in Case Reports in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2090-6803 (Print); 2090-6811 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2920

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