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A1 Ang JY, Lua JL, Asmar BI, et al
T1 NAsopharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae in very low-birth-weight infants after administration of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2010
FD December 1
VO 164
IS 12
SP 1173
OP 1175
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233
AB 
The effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine–7 ( PCV-7) in reducing pneumococcal nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage in very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants has not been studied. Our primary objective was to characterize NP carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a group of VLBW infants (weight, 401-1500 g) before administration of the first PCV-7 vaccine (prevaccine) and at 4 to 6 weeks after a 3-dose PCV-7 primary series (postvaccine). We also investigated the correlation between vaccine-induced pneumococcal IgG antibody level and pneumococcal NP carriage after PCV-7 (postvaccine).