Department of Health Sciences (Dissal), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Hygiene Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Jun 3;17(6):1664-1665. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1829413. Epub 2020 Nov 12.
We have checked the vaccination history of 389 elderly patients (62.9% males, mean age of 78.5 + 8.4 years) hospitalized for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia. Information regarding pneumococcal vaccination was available for 354 patients (91.0%): the overall vaccination coverage rate (VCR) was 19.8% (70/354), 11.3% received only 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), 3.4% were immunized with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), 5.1% received both vaccines. VCR among the elderly population in Liguria Region was 26.2% (118,581/453,082), among them 13.7% received PCV13, 12.4% were immunized with at least one dose of PPSV23. Regarding the 2019-2020 influenza season vaccination data were available for 46 patients: 59% of them were immunized. VCR in the elderly population was 51.7% (234,153/453,082).
我们检查了 389 名因严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 肺炎住院的老年患者（62.9%为男性，平均年龄为 78.5+8.4 岁）的疫苗接种史。有 354 名患者（91.0%）可提供有关肺炎球菌疫苗接种的信息：总体疫苗接种覆盖率（VCR）为 19.8%（70/354），11.3%仅接种了 13 价肺炎球菌结合疫苗（PCV13），3.4%接种了 23 价肺炎球菌多糖疫苗（PPSV23），5.1%同时接种了这两种疫苗。利古里亚地区老年人的 VCR 为 26.2%（118，581/453,082），其中 13.7%接种了 PCV13，12.4%至少接种了一剂 PPSV23。关于 2019-2020 年流感季节的疫苗接种数据，有 46 名患者可查：其中 59%的人已接种。老年人的 VCR 为 51.7%（234，153/453,082）。
