TY  - JOUR
T1  - NAsopharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae in very low-birth-weight infants after administration of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
AU  - Ang JY, Lua JL, Asmar BI, et al
Y1  - 2010/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 1173
EP  - 1175
VL  - 164
IS  - 12
N2  - 
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).

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233
ER  -