Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage in children with early onset of acute otitis media - a randomized controlled trial.

Summary, in English

Abstract Conclusion: Although children vaccinated with heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) had fewer episodes of acute otitis media (AOM), this trial was unable to prove a simultaneous decrease in nasopharyngeal carriage.

• Författare: Marie Gisselsson-Solén; Gunnel Henriksson; Ann Hermansson; Åsa Melhus
• Avdelning/ar: Öron-, näs- och halssjukdomar, Lund; Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö
• Publiceringsår: 2015
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 7-13
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Acta Oto-Laryngologica
• Volym: 135
• Issue: 1
• Fulltext: - 375 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496176?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016489.2014.950326
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ämne: Otorhinolaryngology
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1651-2251