| Title |
Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-2 Childhood Meningitis in Bangladesh: A Newly Recognized Pneumococcal Infection Threat
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0032134 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Samir K. Saha, Hassan M. Al Emran, Belal Hossain, Gary L. Darmstadt, Senjuti Saha, Maksuda Islam, Atique I. Chowdhury, Dona Foster, Aliya Naheed, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah H. Baqui, Shamim A. Qazi, Stephen P. Luby, Robert F. Breiman, Mathuram Santosham, Robert E. Black, Derrick W. Crook |
| Abstract |
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of meningitis in countries where pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) targeting commonly occurring serotypes are not routinely used. However, effectiveness of PCV would be jeopardized by emergence of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) caused by serotypes which are not included in PCV. Systematic hospital based surveillance in Bangladesh was established and progressively improved to determine the pathogens causing childhood sepsis and meningitis. This also provided the foundation for determining the spectrum of serotypes causing IPD. This article reports an unprecedented upsurge of serotype 2, an uncommon pneumococcal serotype, without any known intervention. |
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