Department of Paediatrics, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Department of Medical Microbiology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Balkan Med J. 2017 Aug 4;34(4):362-366. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.1256.
To determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children aged 0-6 years who were vaccinated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 healthy Turkish children between 1 month and 6 years of age. Serotyping was performed and risk factors of carriage were evaluated.
The overall carriage rate was 14%. Vaccine type serotypes were determined in 17 (12.6%) children who received full-dose PCV13 vaccine. The highest carriage rate was observed among children younger than 24 months (76.2%). In multivariate analysis, respiratory infection in recent months, age, attendance at a day-care center and antibiotic usage were not statistically significant risk factors for carriage. Overall, S. pneumoniae strains were considered as penicillin susceptible and antimicrobial resistance was limited.
We observed a low rate of pneumococcal carriage in children after PCV13 implementation compared with that of children receiving PCV7. Although it was reduced, vaccine serotype colonization in PCV13-vaccinated children remains persistent.
确定接种肺炎球菌结合疫苗的 0-6 岁健康儿童中肺炎链球菌鼻咽携带率。
本横断面研究纳入了 150 名 1 个月至 6 岁的土耳其健康儿童。进行血清分型并评估携带的危险因素。
总携带率为 14%。在接受了全剂量 13 价肺炎球菌结合疫苗(PCV13)的 17 名儿童(12.6%)中确定了疫苗型血清型。24 个月以下的儿童携带率最高(76.2%)。多变量分析显示,最近几个月的呼吸道感染、年龄、入托和使用抗生素不是携带的统计学显著危险因素。总体而言,肺炎链球菌菌株被认为对青霉素敏感,抗菌药物耐药性有限。
与使用 PCV7 的儿童相比,PCV13 实施后儿童的肺炎链球菌携带率较低。虽然有所减少,但 PCV13 疫苗接种儿童的疫苗血清型定植仍然持续。