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Ning X, Li L, Liu J, Wang F, Tan K, Li W, Zhou K, Jing S, Lin A, Bi J, Zhao S, Deng H, Zhu C, Lv S, Li J, Liang J, Zhao Q, Wang Y, Chen B, Zhu L, Shen G, Liu J, Li Z, Deng J, Zhao X, Shan M, Wang Y, Liu S, Jiang T, Chen X, Zhang Y, Cai S, Wang L, Lu X, Jiang J, Dong F, Ye L, Sun J, Yao K, Yang Y, Liu G. Invasive pneumococcal diseases in Chinese children: a multicentre hospital-based active surveillance from 2019 to 2021. Emerg Microbes Infect 2024; 13:2332670. [PMID: 38646911 PMCID: PMC11047219 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2332670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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This study aimed to provide data for the clinical features of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and the molecular characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from paediatric patients in China. We conducted a multi-centre prospective study for IPD in 19 hospitals across China from January 2019 to December 2021. Data of demographic characteristics, risk factors for IPD, death, and disability was collected and analysed. Serotypes, antibiotic susceptibility, and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of pneumococcal isolates were also detected. A total of 478 IPD cases and 355 pneumococcal isolates were enrolled. Among the patients, 260 were male, and the median age was 35 months (interquartile range, 12-46 months). Septicaemia (37.7%), meningitis (32.4%), and pneumonia (27.8%) were common disease types, and 46 (9.6%) patients died from IPD. Thirty-four serotypes were detected, 19F (24.2%), 14 (17.7%), 23F (14.9%), 6B (10.4%) and 19A (9.6%) were common serotypes. Pneumococcal isolates were highly resistant to macrolides (98.3%), tetracycline (94.1%), and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (70.7%). Non-sensitive rates of penicillin were 6.2% and 83.3% in non-meningitis and meningitis isolates. 19F-ST271, 19A-ST320 and 14-ST876 showed high resistance to antibiotics. This multi-centre study reports the clinical features of IPD and demonstrates serotype distribution and antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal isolates in Chinese children. There exists the potential to reduce IPD by improved uptake of pneumococcal vaccination, and continued surveillance is warranted.
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- Xue Ning
- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious and Digestive Diseases, Qinghai Province Women and Children's Hospital, Xining, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Henan Children’s Hospital, (Children's Hospital Affiliated of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital), Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious and Digestive Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Dalian Children’s Hospital, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Jinan Children’s Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Baoding Children’s Hospital, Baoding, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou Children’s Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Xian Children’s Hospital, Xian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Changchun Children’s Hospital, Changchun, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Urumqi Children’s Hospital, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, People’s Hospital of Liaocheng, Liaocheng, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Huhehaote, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of clinical laboratory, Qinghai Province Women and Children's Hospital, Xining, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of clinic laboratory, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Henan Children’s Hospital, (Children's Hospital Affiliated of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital), Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious and Digestive Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Dalian Children’s Hospital, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Jinan Children’s Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Baoding Children’s Hospital, Baoding, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou Children’s Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Xian Children’s Hospital, Xian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Changchun Children’s Hospital, Changchun, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Urumqi Children’s Hospital, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, People’s Hospital of Liaocheng, Liaocheng, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Huhehaote, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, National Center for Children’s Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, National Center for Children’s Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Fu Y, Wang Y, Tang W, Yang Q, Wang G, Li M. Clinical characteristics and risk factors for poor outcomes of invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric patients in China. BMC Infect Dis 2024; 24:602. [PMID: 38898407 PMCID: PMC11186143 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09493-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is a significant health concern in children worldwide. In this study, we aimed to analyze the clinical features, antibiotic resistance, and risk variables for poor outcomes in patients with IPD in Hangzhou. METHODS A retrospective single-centre study was performed using the pediatric intensive care (PIC) database from 2010 to 2018. The clinical characteristics, laboratory data, antimicrobial resistance, and risk factors for in-hospital mortality and sepsis in patients with IPD in intensive care units (ICUs) were analyzed systematically. RESULTS A total of 178 IPD patients were included in the study. The majority of the IPD children were 2-10 years old. Antimicrobial resistance tests of S. pneumoniae isolates revealed high resistance to erythromycin, tetracycline and compound sulfamethoxazole (SMZ-Co). All the isolates were sensitive to vancomycin, linezolid, moxifloxacin, telithromycin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin. IPD patients may experience poor outcomes, including death and sepsis. The in-hospital mortality was 3.93%, and 34.27% of patients suffered from sepsis. Temperature (OR 3.80, 95% CI 1.62-8.87; P = 0.0021), Partial Pressure of Oxygen in Arterial Blood (PaO2) (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.98-1.00; P = 0.0266), and albumin (OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.80-0.99; P = 0.0329) were found to be independent risk factors for sepsis in children with IPD. CONCLUSION Pediatric IPD deserves attention in China. Appropriate surveillance and antibiotic selection are crucial in managing resistant strains. Early identification of high-risk individuals with risk factors contributes to the development of appropriate treatment strategies.
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- Yanan Fu
- Department of Medical Engineering, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong Province, China.
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Matur RV, Thuluva S, Gunneri S, Yerroju V, Reddy Mogulla R, Thammireddy K, Paliwal P, Mahantshetty NS, Ravi MD, Prashanth S, Verma S, Narayan JP. Immunogenicity and safety of a 14-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (PNEUBEVAX 14™) administered to 6-8 weeks old healthy Indian Infants: A single blind, randomized, active-controlled, Phase-III study. Vaccine 2024; 42:3157-3165. [PMID: 38637211 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) reduced the number of cases of pneumococcal disease (PD). However, there is an increase in clinical and economic burden of PD from serotypes that are not part of the existing pneumococcal vaccines, particularly impacting pediatric and elder population. In addition, the regions where the PCV is not available, the disease burden remains high. In this study, immunogenicity and safety of the BE's 14-valent PCV (PNEUBEVAX 14™; BE-PCV-14) containing two additional epidemiologically important serotypes (22F and 33F) was evaluated in infants in comparison to licensed vaccine, Prevenar-13 (PCV-13). METHODS This is a pivotal phase-3 single blind randomized active-controlled study conducted at 12 sites across India in 6-8 weeks old healthy infants at 6-10-14 weeks dosing schedule to assess immunogenic non-inferiority and safety of a candidate BE-PCV-14. In total, 1290 infants were equally randomized to receive either BE-PCV-14 or PCV-13. Solicited local reactions and systemic events, adverse events (AEs), serious AEs (SAEs), and medically attended AEs (MAAEs) were recorded. Immunogenicity was assessed by measuring anti-PnCPS (anti-pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide) IgG concentration and functional antibody titers through opsonophagocytic activity (OPA), one month after completing three dose schedule. Cross protection to serotype 6A offered by serotype 6B was also assessed in this study. FINDINGS The safety profile of BE-PCV-14 was comparable to PCV-13 vaccine. Majority of reported AEs were mild in nature. No severe or serious AEs were reported in both the treatment groups. For the twelve common serotypes and for the additional serotypes (22F and 33F) in BE-PCV-14, NI criteria was demonstrated as defined by WHO TRS-977. Primary immunogenicity endpoint was met in terms of IgG immune responses for all 14 serotypesof BE-PCV-14. Moreover, a significant proportion of subjects (69%) seroconverted against serotype 6A, even though this antigen was not present in BE-PCV-14. This indicates that serotype 6B of BE-PCV-14 cross protects serotype 6A. BE-PCV-14 also elicited comparable serotype specific functional OPA immune responses to all the serotypes common to PCV-13. INTERPRETATIONS BE-PCV-14 was found to be safe and induced robust and functional serotype specific immune responses to all 14 serotypes. It also elicited cross protective immune response against serotype 6B.These findings suggest that BE-PCV-14 can be safely administered to infants and achieve protection against pneumococcal disease caused by serotypes covered in the vaccine. The study was prospectively registered with clinical trial registry of India - CTRI/2020/02/023129.
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- Ramesh V Matur
- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India.
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- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India
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- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India
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- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India
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- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India
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- Biological E Limited, 18/1&3, Azamabad, Hyderabad 500 020, Telangana, India
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- KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
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- Cheluvamba Hospital, Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Dept. of Paediatrics, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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- Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Department of Pharmacology, Rothak, Haryana, India
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Mazumdar D, Sarma A, Medhi D, Dutta R, Kataki M, Baishya L, Dutta BS, Saikia L. Capsular typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from clinical specimens in Gauhati Medical College and hospital, Assam, India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2023; 44:100350. [PMID: 37356826 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important human respiratory tract pathogen causing pneumococcal diseases in majority of children and adults. The capsule is a significant virulence factor of Pneumococci which determines the bacterial serotype and is the component used for synthesis of pneumococcal vaccines. This cross-sectional study aimed to isolate Streptococcus pneumoniae from clinical samples and determine the occurrence of its circulating serotypes in Assam, North East India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 80 clinical samples were collected from June 2019 to May 2020 from patients clinically suspected from pneumococcal infection and also included samples routinely sent to bacteriology laboratory. Isolation and identification of S. pneumoniae was performed using conventional culture and molecular methods. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns were monitored. Capsular serotyping was performed using PCR of cpsA gene followed by DNA sequencing. RESULTS Majority of the cases suspected of pneumococcal infection belong to the paediatric group aged less than 5 years. Out of 80 samples, 10 (12.50%) were found to be positive by PCR of recP gene. Culture was positive in 80% (8/10) of the total positives. Co-trimoxazole resistance was seen in 33.33% of the isolate from sputum. Serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C and 19F were detected in our region, out of which 6C is a non-vaccine serotype. CONCLUSION Continued surveillance is needed to monitor trends in non-vaccine serotypes that may emerge as highly associated with antibiotic resistance. Also, the need to continuous monitoring of the antibiotic susceptibility of S. pneumoniae in North eastern parts of India is of outmost importance.
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- Dikshita Mazumdar
- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, 781032, Assam, India.
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Govindan V, Ganaie FA, Ramakrishnan SM, Ravindran S, Mavuppadi AM, Ravikumar KL. Estimation of baseline IgG antibody levels to 23 pneumococcal vaccine-type capsular polysaccharides in healthy vaccine naïve Indian adults. Vaccine 2023:S0264-410X(23)00497-8. [PMID: 37173269 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Since immunological responses to pneumococcal vaccines are assessed by a fold-increase in antibody levels relative to pre-immunization levels, it is therefore critical to determine baseline antibody levels to establish putative threshold as a measure of normal response. Herein, for the first time, we measured baseline IgG antibody levels in 108 healthy unvaccinated Indian adults using WHO-recommended ELISA. Median baseline IgG concentration ranged between 0.54 µg/mL to 12.35 µg/mL. Highest levels of baseline capsule polysaccharide (cPS)-specific IgG were found against types 14, 19A, and 33F. Whereas, lowest baseline IgG levels were observed against types 3, 4, and 5. Overall, ∼79 % of study population had median baseline IgG levels ≥1.3 µg/mL against 74 % of cPS's. Substantial baseline antibody levels in unvaccinated adults were observed. The study would be critical in bridging gaps in baseline immunogenicity data and may offer a valuable foundation for evaluating immune response of Indian adults to pneumococcal vaccination.
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- Vandana Govindan
- Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India.
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Goel V, Mathew S, Gudi N, Jacob A, John O. A scoping review on laboratory surveillance in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Past, present and the future. J Glob Health 2023; 13:04028. [PMID: 37083001 PMCID: PMC10119808 DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.04028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Background The South-East Asia (SEA) region bears a significant proportion of the world's communicable disease burden. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has further affected the situation. A well-established laboratory-based surveillance (LBS) can reduce the burden of infectious diseases. In light of this, the review collated the existing literature on LBS system in the region and the modifications adopted by the surveillance systems during the pandemic. Methodology We followed the guidelines for scoping review as prescribed by Arskey and O'Malley. We comprehensively searched three databases (PubMed, Scopus and CINAHL) and supplemented it with grey literature search. The screening of the articles was conducted at the title and abstract followed by full-text screening. This was followed by data extraction using a pre-tested data extraction tool by two independent reviewers. The results were presented narratively. Results Including 75 relevant articles and documents, we compiled a list of surveillance systems. A shift from paper to dual (paper and electronic) modalities was identified across the countries. This largely low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) area face challenges in reporting, resources, and collaboration-related issues. While some countries have well-established National Reference Laboratories; others have more private than public-owned laboratories. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, modifications to the existing laboratory capacities to enable real-time surveillance was identified. Laboratory capacity complemented with genomic surveillance can indubitably aid in disease detection and control. Limitations due to inaccessible government portals, and language barriers are acknowledged. This review identified a comprehensive list of surveillance systems in the region, challenges faced in using these surveillance systems and inform the decision makers about the benefits of integrating fragmented surveillance systems. Conclusion Regionally and nationally integrated genomic and laboratory surveillance systems justify capital investments, as their payoffs rationalise such costs owing to economies of scale over time. Further, as data flows are harmonized and standardized, algorithm- and computing-based pattern recognition methods allow for targeted and accurate disease prediction when integrated with, potentially, climate and weather systems data. Trained human resources are a sine qua non to optimize such investments, but in the medium to long run, such investments will buttress initiatives in other arenas at the regional level.
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- Vidushi Goel
- The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India
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- The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India
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- Public Health Evidence South Asia, Department of Health Information, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- The George Institute Services, New Delhi, India
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- The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India
- Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Kawade A, Dayma G, Apte A, Telang N, Satpute M, Pearce E, Roalfe L, Patil R, Wang Y, Noori N, Gondhali A, Juvekar S, Oron AP, Sanghavi S, Goldblatt D, Dagan R, Bavdekar A. Effect of reduced two-dose (1+1) schedule of 10 and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (Synflorix TM and Prevenar13 TM)) on nasopharyngeal carriage and serotype-specific immune response in the first two years of life: Results from an open-labelled randomized controlled trial in Indian children. Vaccine 2023; 41:3066-3079. [PMID: 37045679 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION This study aimed to assess the effect of a reduced dose regime (1 + 1) of PCV10 and PCV13 along with 3-dose regimes on pneumococcal vaccine-type (VT) carriage and immunogenicity in the first two years of life in PCV-naïve Indian children. METHODS A total of 805 healthy infants aged 6-8 weeks were randomised to 7 groups (n = 115). Six groups received SynflorixTM(PCV10) or Prevenar13TM(PCV13) in the following schedules: 3 + 0 (three primary at 6, 10, and 14 weeks); 2 + 1 (two primary 6 and 14 weeks with booster at 9 months; 1 + 1 (one primary at 14 weeks with booster at 9 months). The 7th group was a PCV-naïve control group. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected at 6, 18 weeks, 9, 10, 15, and 18 months of age. Venous blood samples were collected at 18 weeks, 9, 10, and 18 months of age for assessment of sero-specific IgG antibodies. Additionally, functional activity using a serotype specific opsonophagocytic assay (OPA) was assessed at 10 and 18 months of age in a subset (20%) of participants. RESULTS All schedules of PCV13 showed significant 13VT carriage reduction in the second year of life as compared to control. At 15 months of age, PCV13 (1 + 1) showed 45 % reduction in 13VT-carriage compared to the control [OR = 0.55 (95% CI; 0.31-0.97), p= 0.038]. None of the PCV10 schedules showed significant reduction in 10VT carriage in the second year. Although not powered for these outcomes, at 18 months of age, 1 + 1 and 2 + 1 schedules of both vaccines demonstrated higher sero-responders for all serotypes, higher geometric mean concentrations (GMC) for all serotypes except 23F [with both vaccines], higher percent OPA responders and OPA geometric mean titres (GMT) compared to the 3 + 0 schedules for all serotypes. CONCLUSION The reduced dose schedule (1 + 1) of PCV13 results in significant VT-carriage reduction in the second year of life. Immune protection provided by 1 + 1 schedules of PCV10 and PCV13 in the second year of life is comparable to WHO-recommended 3-dose schedules.
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- Anand Kawade
- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
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- Department of Microbiology, KEM Hospital, Pune, India
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Disease Modeling, Global Health Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 500 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
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Kim GR, Kim EY, Kim SH, Lee HK, Lee J, Shin JH, Kim YR, Song SA, Jeong J, Uh Y, Kim YK, Yong D, Kim HS, Kim S, Kim YA, Shin KS, Jeong SH, Ryoo N, Shin JH. Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Korea Between 2017 and 2019 After Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. Ann Lab Med 2023; 43:45-54. [PMID: 36045056 PMCID: PMC9467834 DOI: 10.3343/alm.2023.43.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a serious pathogen causing various infections in humans. We evaluated the serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae causing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)13 in Korea and investigated the epidemiological characteristics of multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates. Methods S. pneumoniae isolates causing IPD were collected from 16 hospitals in Korea between 2017 and 2019. Serotyping was performed using modified sequential multiplex PCR and the Quellung reaction. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed using the broth microdilution method. Multilocus sequence typing was performed on MDR isolates for epidemiological investigations. Results Among the 411 S. pneumoniae isolates analyzed, the most prevalent serotype was 3 (12.2%), followed by 10A (9.5%), 34 (7.3%), 19A (6.8%), 23A (6.3%), 22F (6.1%), 35B (5.8%), 11A (5.1%), and others (40.9%). The coverage rates of PCV7, PCV10, PCV13, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV)23 were 7.8%, 7.8%, 28.7%, and 59.4%, respectively. Resistance rates to penicillin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, and levofloxacin were 13.1%, 9.2%, 80.3%, and 4.1%, respectively. MDR isolates accounted for 23.4% of all isolates. Serotypes 23A, 11A, 19A, and 15B accounted for the highest proportions of total isolates at 18.8%, 16.7%, 14.6%, and 8.3%, respectively. Sequence type (ST)166 (43.8%) and ST320 (12.5%) were common among MDR isolates. Conclusions Non-PCV13 serotypes are increasing among invasive S. pneumoniae strains causing IPD. Differences in antimicrobial resistance were found according to the specific serotype. Continuous monitoring of serotypes and antimicrobial resistance is necessary for the appropriate management of S. pneumoniae infections.
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- Gyu Ri Kim
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Semyung University, Jecheon, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Singhal T. Antimicrobial Resistance: The 'Other' Pandemic! : Based on 9th Dr. I. C. Verma Excellence Award for Young Pediatricians Delivered as Oration on 19th Sept. 2021. Indian J Pediatr 2022; 89:600-606. [PMID: 35064528 PMCID: PMC8782680 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-021-04008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistance is projected to kill 10 million people by 2050. The biggest driver of antimicrobial resistance is excessive/unrestricted use of antimicrobials in humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance is a problem in all types of pathogens including bacteria, mycobacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites both globally and India and in both adults and children. The areas of greatest concern for India is the epidemic of MDR and XDR tuberculosis and resistance in gram-negative pathogens. The alarming rate of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) production in Enterobacteriales in both community and health care-associated infections is driving carbapenem use. Rates of carbapenem resistance are now significantly high in health care-associated gram negative pathogens with associated high mortality rates. The key solution to this antimicrobial resistance crisis needs participation of all stakeholders and lies in promoting rational antimicrobial therapy.
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- Tanu Singhal
- Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Disease, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400053, India.
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Jiang M, Wang X, Zhu L, Yang YH, Yao KH, Dong F, Shi W, Wang Q, Song WQ, Liu G. Clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, and risk factors for mortality in paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Beijing, 2012-2017. BMC Infect Dis 2022; 22:338. [PMID: 35382757 PMCID: PMC8981664 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background To analyse clinical characteristics, antibiotic susceptibility, and risk factors for mortality in paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Beijing. Methods Paediatric IPD patients in our hospital were retrospectively collected from 2012 to 2017. Clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype of isolates, and risk factors for mortality of IPD were analysed. Results Overall, 186 IPD cases were enrolled. The major manifestations were meningitis (76), pneumonia with bacteraemia (60), bacteraemia without focus (21), and pneumonia with empyaema (22). Of 72 cases with underlying diseases, leukaemia (18.0%), congenital heart disease (15.3%), primary immunodeficiency disease (12.5%), nephrotic syndrome (12.5%), and cerebrospinal fluid leakage (12.5%) were most common. In total 96.9% of isolates would have been covered by the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), including 19F (32.8%), 19A (23.4%), 4 (17.2%), and 23F (9.4%). Nonsusceptibility rates of penicillin, cefotaxime, and cefepime among nonmeningitis patients increased between 2012 and 2017; The mortality rate was 21.5%. Meningitis, respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, and white blood cell count < 4000 cells/μL were independent risk factors for mortality. Conclusion Meningitis was the most common clinical manifestation of IPD, and was frequently associated with death. Strains in the PCV13 vaccine would cover most of the cases, and so wider use of PCV13 should be considered.
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- Man Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children's Health, China, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 56 Nan Lishi Road, Beijing, 100045, China.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children's Health, China, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 56 Nan Lishi Road, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children's Health, China, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 56 Nan Lishi Road, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Children's Health, China, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 56 Nan Lishi Road, Beijing, 100045, China.
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Sentinel surveillance for bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in children under the age of 5 in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Colombia - 2016. BIOMEDICA : REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD 2021; 41:62-75. [PMID: 34669279 PMCID: PMC8614369 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.5658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Introduction: Bacterial pneumonia and meningitis are vaccine-preventable diseases. Sentinel surveillance provides relevant information about their behavior. Objective: To present the data from sentinel surveillance carried out at the Fundación HOMI, Fundación Hospital Pediátrico La Misericordia in 2016. Materials and methods: We conducted a descriptive study from January 1 to December 31, 2016, on the daily surveillance of patients under 5 years of age diagnosed with pneumonia or bacterial meningitis according to PAHO's definitions. We identified the microorganisms using the automated VITEKTM 2 system. Bacterial isolates were sent to the Microbiology Group at the Colombian Instituto Nacional de Salud for confirmation, serotyping, phenotypic, and genotypic characterization. Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles were established. Results: From 1,343 suspected cases of bacterial pneumonia, 654 (48.7%) were probable, 84% had complete Hib vaccination schedules, and 87% had complete pneumococcal vaccination schedules for age. Blood culture was taken in 619 (94.6%) and 41 (6.6%) were positive while S. pneumoniae was isolated in 17 (41%) of them. The most frequent serotype was 19A in five cases (29.4%), and four 19A serotypes were associated with the reference isolate ST320. The incidence rate of probable bacterial pneumonia was 7.3 cases/100 hospitalized patients, and lethality was 2.1%. As for bacterial meningitis, 22 suspected cases were reported, 12 (54%) were probable, four (33%) were confirmed: two by Escherichia coli and two by group C N. meningitidis. The incidence of probable bacterial meningitis was 0.14 cases/100 hospitalized patients. Conclusion: Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 19A and 3 were the most frequent cause of pneumonia. Spn19A is related to the multi-resistant clone ST320. Strengthening and continuing this strategy will allow understanding the impact of vaccination.
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Mackenzie GA, Hill PC, Jeffries DJ, Ndiaye M, Sahito SM, Hossain I, Uchendu U, Ameh D, Adeyemi O, Pathirana J, Olatunji Y, Abatan B, Muhammad BS, Ahameefula E, Fombah AE, Adeshola B, Lobga BG, Saha D, Mackenzie R, Odutola A, Plumb ID, Akano A, Ebruke BE, Ideh RC, Kuti B, Githua P, Olutunde E, Ofordile O, Green E, Usuf E, Badji H, Ikumapayi UN, Manjang A, Salaudeen R, Nsekpong ED, Jarju S, Antonio M, Sambou S, Ceesay L, Lowe-Jallow Y, Fofana S, Jasseh M, Mulholland K, Knoll M, Levine OS, Howie SR, Adegbola RA, Greenwood BM, Corrah T. Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in The Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2021; 21:1293-1302. [PMID: 34280357 PMCID: PMC8384632 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30880-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background The Gambia introduced seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in August 2009, followed by PCV13 in May, 2011, using a schedule of three primary doses without a booster dose or catch-up immunisation. We aimed to assess the long-term impact of PCV on disease incidence. Methods We did 10 years of population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and WHO defined radiological pneumonia with consolidation in rural Gambia. The surveillance population included all Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System residents aged 2 months or older. Nurses screened all outpatients and inpatients at all health facilities using standardised criteria for referral. Clinicians then applied criteria for patient investigation. We defined IPD as a compatible illness with isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from a normally sterile site (cerebrospinal fluid, blood, or pleural fluid). We compared disease incidence between baseline (May 12, 2008–May 11, 2010) and post-vaccine years (2016–2017), in children aged 2 months to 14 years, adjusting for changes in case ascertainment over time. Findings We identified 22 728 patients for investigation and detected 342 cases of IPD and 2623 cases of radiological pneumonia. Among children aged 2–59 months, IPD incidence declined from 184 cases per 100 000 person-years to 38 cases per 100 000 person-years, an 80% reduction (95% CI 69–87). Non-pneumococcal bacteraemia incidence did not change significantly over time (incidence rate ratio 0·88; 95% CI, 0·64–1·21). We detected zero cases of vaccine-type IPD in the 2–11 month age group in 2016–17. Incidence of radiological pneumonia decreased by 33% (95% CI 24–40), from 10·5 to 7·0 per 1000 person-years in the 2–59 month age group, while pneumonia hospitalisations declined by 27% (95% CI 22–31). In the 5–14 year age group, IPD incidence declined by 69% (95% CI −28 to 91) and radiological pneumonia by 27% (95% CI −5 to 49). Interpretation Routine introduction of PCV13 substantially reduced the incidence of childhood IPD and pneumonia in rural Gambia, including elimination of vaccine-type IPD in infants. Other low-income countries can expect substantial impact from the introduction of PCV13 using a schedule of three primary doses. Funding Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; UK Medical Research Council; Pfizer Ltd.
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australi.
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- Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- The National Hospital, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Ministry of Health, Gambia Government, The Gambia
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- Ministry of Health, Gambia Government, The Gambia
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- Ministry of Health, Gambia Government, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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Chen K, Zhang X, Tao Y, Wang Y, Xue J, Liu C, Feng S, Yan Y, Chen Q, Tian J, Zhao G, Shao X, Zhang T. Hospitalization for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Young Children before Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Suzhou, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:69-75. [PMID: 33350921 PMCID: PMC7774583 DOI: 10.3201/eid2701.181415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) was introduced in China in April 2017. We describe 105 children <5 years of age who were hospitalized for IPD at Soochow University Affiliated Children’s Hospital in Suzhou, China, during January 2010–December 2017. We calculated the incidence of hospitalization for IPD as 14.55/100,000 children in Suzhou. We identified 8 different capsular serotypes: 6B (28.4% of cases), 14 (18.9% of cases), 19A (18.9% of cases), 19F (12.2% of cases), 23F (10.8% of cases), 20 (4.1% of cases), 9V (4.1% of cases), and 15B/C (2.7% of cases). These results provide baseline data of IPD before the introduction of this vaccine in China, enabling researchers to better understand its effects on IPD incidence.
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Hospital-based sentinel surveillance for bacterial meningitis in under-five children prior to the introduction of the PCV13 in India. Vaccine 2021; 39:3737-3744. [PMID: 34074545 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A hospital-based sentinel surveillance network for bacterial meningitis was established in India to estimate the burden of bacterial meningitis, and the proportion of major vaccine-preventable causative organisms. This report summarises the findings of the surveillance conducted between March 2012, and September 2016 in eleven hospitals. METHODS We enrolled eligible children with bacterial meningitis in the age group of one to 59 months. CSF samples were collected and processed for biochemistry, culture, latex agglutination, and real-time PCR. Pneumococcal isolates were serotyped and tested for antimicrobial susceptibility. RESULTS Among 12 941 enrolled suspected meningitis cases, 586 (4.5%) were laboratory confirmed. S. pneumoniae (74.2%) was the most commonly detected pathogen, followed by H. influenzae (22.2%), and N. meningitidis (3.6%). Overall 58.1% of confirmed bacterial meningitis cases were children aged between one, and 11 months. H. influenzae meningitis cases had a high (12.3%) case fatality rate. The serotypes covered in PCV13 caused 72% pneumococcal infections, and the most common serotypes were 14 (18.3%), 6B (12.7%) and 19F (9.9%). Non-susceptibility to penicillin was 57%. Forty-five (43.7%) isolates exhibited multidrug resistance, of which 37 were PCV13 serotype isolates. CONCLUSIONS The results are representative of the burden of bacterial meningitis among under-five children in India. The findings were useful in rolling out PCV in the National Immunization Program. The non-susceptibility to penicillin and multidrug resistance was an important observation. Timely expansion of PCV across India will significantly reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance. Continued surveillance is needed to understand the trend after PCV expansion in India.
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Carriage rates and antimicrobial sensitivity of pneumococci in the upper respiratory tract of children less than ten years old, in a north Indian rural community. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0246522. [PMID: 33539406 PMCID: PMC7861412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pneumococcal carriage studies are important for vaccine introduction and treatment strategies. Pneumococcal carriage rates estimated in this cohort study among children in a rural community of northern India. Between August 2012 and August 2014, trained nurses made weekly home visits to screen enrolled children aged <10 years for acute upper or lower respiratory infections (AURI/ALRI) in Ballabgarh, Haryana. Nasal swab from infants aged <1year and throat swab from children aged ≥1 year were collected. All specimens were cultured for pneumococci; isolates were serotyped and subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. During the study period, 4348 nasal/throat swabs collected from children with clinical features of ARI (836 ALRI, 2492 AURI) and from 1020 asymptomatic children. Overall pneumococcal carriage was 5.1%, the highest carriage rate among children <1 year of age (22.6%). The detection rates were higher among children with ARI (5.6%; 95% CI: 4.8–6.4) than asymptomatic children (3.3%; 95% CI: 2.3–4.6). Among 220 pneumococcal isolates, 42 diverse serotypes were identified, with 6B/C (8.6%), 19A (7.2%), 19F (6.8%), 23F (6.4%), 35A/B/C (6.4%), 15B (5%), 14 (4.5%) and 11A/C/D (3.2%) accounting for 50%. Forty-five percent of the serotypes identified are included in the current formulation of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Ninety-six percent of isolates were resistant to co-trimoxazole, 9% were resistant to erythromycin, and 10% had intermediate resistance to penicillin with minimum inhibitory concentration ranges (0.125 to 1.5 μg/ml). Pneumococcal detection was relatively low among children in our study community but demonstrated a diverse range of serotypes and half of these serotypes would be covered by the current formulation of 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine.
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Ghia CJ, Rambhad GS. A systematic literature review on the prevalence and etiology of meningitis among critically ill and hospitalized patients in India. Ther Adv Infect Dis 2021; 8:20499361211046453. [PMID: 34589213 PMCID: PMC8474356 DOI: 10.1177/20499361211046453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In India, owing to multiple factors, such as insufficient laboratory capacity, poor reporting systems due to limited access to healthcare facilities and limited disease surveillance programmes, the actual disease burden of meningitis is unknown and may be largely under-reported. OBJECTIVE A systematic literature review was performed to describe: (a) the prevalence of meningitis; and (b) its etiological pathogen across different regions, age groups and patients with comorbidities. METHOD A systematic literature search was conducted between 1990 and 2020 using PubMed and Google Scholar databases to identify Indian studies reporting the prevalence rates and etiology of meningitis. A total of 51 studies were included in the final analysis. RESULTS A total of 38 studies reported prevalence of meningitis and 21 studies reported data on the etiology of meningitis in India. These studies included mixed patient populations: (a) pyogenic meningitis; (b) meningitis in sick or hospitalized patients with tuberculosis, acute febrile encephalopathy syndrome, septicaemia, invasive pneumococcal disease or respiratory compromise; and (c) meningitis patients with comorbidities. The prevalence of confirmed bacterial meningitis in the pediatric population (0-14 years) ranged between 0.5% and 61.8%. A total of seven studies reported the prevalence of meningitis in patients of all age groups (0-75 years), with prevalence ranging between 8.68% and 78.85%. Cryptococcal meningitis was predominant in patients with positive HIV/AIDS, with a prevalence ranging between 2.09% and 53.1%. Streptococcus pneumoniae was found to be the predominant pathogen causing meningitis across different regions of India, with a frequency ranging from 4% to 61.8% in patients of all age groups. CONCLUSION This systematic literature review displayed the possible range of frequency of bacterial meningitis pathogens across a wide variety of age groups in different regions of India. Further studies are warranted to monitor meningitis cases, which may facilitate the development of prevention and treatment strategies in India.
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- Canna J. Ghia
- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer Limited,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051, India
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer Limited,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Raza MS, Das BK, Goyal V, Lodha R, Chaudhry R, Sood S, Sreenivas V, Nair D, Mohapatra S, Gautam H, Kapil A. IMPACT OF MOLECULAR METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.11603/ijmmr.2413-6077.2020.1.11103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background. Acute bacterial meningitis is one of the significant infectious diseases that add an immense burden to the health system. Proper management of meningitis is an invincible need to overcome the severe consequences. Objectives. The aim of the study is detection of the etiological agents of acute bacterial meningitis by PCR. Methods. Total 267 CSF samples collected from suspected bacterial meningitis cases were processed for the detection of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, E. coli and Group B streptococci by conventional and molecular diagnosis method. CSF was inoculated on Blood, chocolate and MacConkey agar plates and incubated at 37 °C for 24-48 hrs. Bacteria grown were identified by Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF). Multiplex PCR of the enlisted bacteria was performed using DNA extracted from CSF by DNA extraction kit (Qiagen, USA). Results. 5 (1.87%) out of the total 267 CSF samples were culture positive (3 S. pneumoniae and 2 E. coli) and 28 (10.49%) had detectable DNA by conventional PCR. Out of these 28 samples, 20 (71.43%) were S. pneumoniae and 8 (28.57%) were E. coli. 15 (53.57%) out of total S. pneumoniae were present in children below 5 years of age. Similarly, E. coli was predominant in neonates. Sensitivity and specificity of the PCR was 100% and 95-98% respectively. Conclusions. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the commonest cause of community acquired bacterial meningitis in children below five years of age. Hence, for the promising outcome, PCR should be implemented for the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis.
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El-Kholy A, Badawy M, Gad M, Soliman M. Serotypes and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Children Less Than 5 Years Old in Egypt. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:3669-3677. [PMID: 33116686 PMCID: PMC7586055 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s250315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Purpose Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is the etiology of severe and life-threatening infections in children less than 5 years old. Though pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are effective in the prevention of pneumococcal infections, yet they are not included in the National Immunization Program in Egypt pending the identification of pathogenic serotypes. As S. pneumoniae colonization of the pharynx predisposes to pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by the colonizing serotypes, identification of the nasopharyngeal (NP) serotypes can be a surrogate to the invasive serotypes. In this study, we aimed to 1. Identify the serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing the nasopharynx of Egyptian children younger than 5 years in two successive winter seasons. 2. Correlate the identified serotypes with vaccine coverage of the 13-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccines (PCV13). 3. Compare the serotypes and AST of S. pneumoniae from NP to those of IPD that were routinely identified in our clinical laboratory during the study period. Materials and Methods The study was conducted in two successive winter seasons (December 2015–March 2016; December 2016–March 2017). We enrolled 334 children, aged 6 months to 5 years, attending the outpatient general clinics of Cairo University Children Hospital, excluding those with fever, signs of infection, history of antibiotic intake or hospitalization in the preceding month. We tested NP swabs for S. pneumoniae by culture and real-time PCR. Serotyping was performed by sequential multiplex PCR for all positive samples. AST was done to S. pneumoniae isolates by Vitek-2™ (BioMérieux, Marcy-L’Etoile, France). We included routinely detected S. pneumoniae from sterile body sites during the study period, and identified their serotypes and AST. Results PCR was positive for pneumococci in 217 out of 334 pharyngeal swabs (65%), including 186 typable samples. The most common serotypes were serotypes 1, 6ABC, 19 F, 5 and 18ABC. By culture, we isolated only 110 out of 334 pharyngeal swabs (32.9%). The theoretical coverage of the PCV13 vaccine for the detected serotypes was 77.4%. The AST of NP isolates revealed low susceptibility rates to all antimicrobials except for vancomycin, linezolid, levofloxacin and clindamycin. During the study period, we identified 40 IPD; 21 identified by PCR and 19 by culture. The commonest pneumococcal serotypes were 1, 18ABC, 6ABC and 5. The PCV13 coverage was 75%. By Vitek-2, the isolates showed 100%, 100%, 94.7%, 89.5%, 84.2%, 84.2% and 78.9% susceptibility to vancomycin, linezolid, clindamycin, levofloxacin, penicillin, cefotaxim and erythromycin, respectively. Conclusion Based on the serotype vaccine coverage and the emerging antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae, PCVs will be valuable to Egyptian children.
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- Amani El-Kholy
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Liver Abscess due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Clinical Rarity. Case Rep Infect Dis 2020; 2020:1572023. [PMID: 32566332 PMCID: PMC7288222 DOI: 10.1155/2020/1572023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We report a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by a rare causative agent, Streptococcus pneumoniae. A 45-year-old man with underlying uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who had stopped taking his daily dose of insulin since the last 4 days, presented with pain in the abdominal area of one-day duration. Upon his admission to achieve diabetic control, a routine ultrasound examination of abdomen revealed incidentally, a large abscess in the left lobe of the liver with impending rupture. Culture of the ultrasound-guided liver aspirate pus yielded pure growth of a penicillin-susceptible S. pneumoniae isolate. After 4 weeks of parenteral ceftriaxone therapy along with intensive regimen for diabetic control, the liver abscess became resolved, and the patient improved and was discharged with no residual infection or recurrence at four months and at one-year follow-up. A review of relevant literature related to S. pneumoniae liver abscess revealed a mention of such entity only on 4 previous occasions. The present case highlights an important though rare manifestation of S. pneumoniae infection and emphasizes the need to establish an early diagnosis of S. pneumoniae infection for improved patient survival and favourable outcome.
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Wahl B, Sharan A, Deloria Knoll M, Kumar R, Liu L, Chu Y, McAllister DA, Nair H, Campbell H, Rudan I, Ram U, Sauer M, Shet A, Black R, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Arora NK. National, regional, and state-level burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children in India: modelled estimates for 2000-15. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH 2020; 7:e735-e747. [PMID: 31097277 PMCID: PMC6527518 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30081-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background India accounts for a disproportionate burden of global childhood illnesses. To inform policies and measure progress towards achieving child health targets, we estimated the annual national and state-specific childhood mortality and morbidity attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) between 2000 and 2015. Methods In this modelling study, we used vaccine clinical trial data to estimate the proportion of pneumonia deaths attributable to pneumococcus and Hib. The proportion of meningitis deaths attributable to each pathogen was derived from pathogen-specific meningitis case fatality and bacterial meningitis case data from surveillance studies. We applied these proportions to modelled state-specific pneumonia and meningitis deaths from 2000 to 2015 prepared by the WHO Maternal and Child Epidemiology Estimation collaboration (WHO/MCEE) on the basis of verbal autopsy studies from India. The burden of clinical and severe pneumonia cases attributable to pneumococcus and Hib was ascertained with vaccine clinical trial data and state-specific all-cause pneumonia case estimates prepared by WHO/MCEE by use of risk factor prevalence data from India. Pathogen-specific meningitis cases were derived from state-level modelled pathogen-specific meningitis deaths and state-level meningitis case fatality estimates. Pneumococcal and Hib morbidity due to non-pneumonia, non-meningitis (NPNM) invasive syndromes were derived by applying the ratio of pathogen-specific NPNM cases to pathogen-specific meningitis cases to the state-level pathogen-specific meningitis cases. Mortality due to pathogen-specific NPNM was calculated with the ratio of pneumococcal and Hib meningitis case fatality to pneumococcal and Hib meningitis NPNM case fatality. Census data from India provided the population at risk. Findings Between 2000 and 2015, estimates of pneumococcal deaths in Indian children aged 1–59 months fell from 166 000 (uncertainty range [UR] 110 000–198 000) to 68 700 (44 600–86 000), while Hib deaths fell from 82 600 (52 300–112 000) to 15 600 (9800–21 500), representing a 58% (UR 22–78) decline in pneumococcal deaths and an 81% (59–91) decline in Hib deaths. In 2015, national mortality rates in children aged 1–59 months were 56 (UR 37–71) per 100 000 for pneumococcal infection and 13 (UR 8–18) per 100 000 for Hib. Uttar Pradesh (18 900 [UR 12 300–23 600]) and Bihar (8600 [5600–10 700]) had the highest numbers of pneumococcal deaths in 2015. Uttar Pradesh (9300 [UR 5900–12 700]) and Odisha (1100 [700–1500]) had the highest numbers of Hib deaths in 2015. Less conservative assumptions related to the proportion of pneumonia deaths attributable to pneumococcus indicate that as many as 118 000 (UR 69 000–140 000) total pneumococcal deaths could have occurred in 2015 in India. Interpretation Pneumococcal and Hib mortality have declined in children aged 1–59 months in India since 2000, even before nationwide implementation of conjugate vaccines. Introduction of the Hib vaccine in several states corresponded with a more rapid reduction in morbidity and mortality associated with Hib infection. Rapid scale-up and widespread use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and sustained use of the Hib vaccine could help accelerate achievement of child survival targets in India. Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Brian Wahl
- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of International Health, and Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Rajkumar P, Bharathy S, Girish Kumar CP, Veeraraghavan B, Verghese V, Gupta N, Kangusamy B, Ravi M, Jayaraman Y. Hospital-based sentinel surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae and other invasive bacterial diseases in India (HBSSPIBD): design and methodology. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e034663. [PMID: 32273315 PMCID: PMC7245370 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the frequently isolated organisms and an important aetiological agent of invasive bacterial diseases (IBD) like pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis. As a measure to control the burden of IBD, the Government of India introduced Pneumoccocal Conjugate Vaccine-13 (PCV-13) in the Universal Immunization Program in high burden districts of five states in a phased manner from 2017 onwards. It is essential to understand the trend of circulating pneumococcal serotypes associated with IBD in the prevaccination and postvaccination scenarios to decide on the expansion of vaccination programmes and PCV reformulation. This manuscript describes the protocol for hospital-based sentinel surveillance for S. pneumoniae and other organisms causing IBD across various geographical regions in India. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Hospital-based surveillance is established in selected hospitals to recruit children aged 1-59 months with symptoms of pneumonia and other IBD. Diagnostic criteria were adapted from standard WHO case definitions. Case Report Forms (CRFs) are used to collect data from the enrolled children. Blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other normally sterile body fluids are collected and subjected to microscopy, cytology, latex agglutination, biochemistry, bacteriological culture and real-time PCR as applicable. Pneumococcal isolates are serotyped and tested for assessing antimicrobial resistance patterns. Data will be analysed by simple descriptive statistics to estimate the proportion of pneumonia and other IBD due to S. pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis. Prevalence of bacterial infection, circulating pneumococcal serotypes, antibiotic resistance patterns, serotype variability across seasons and regions will be described in terms of percentage with 95% confidence interval. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The institutional review boards of the coordinating centre, all sentinel sites, regional and national reference laboratories approved the project. The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and shared with stakeholders for deciding on revising vaccination strategy appropriately.
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- Prabu Rajkumar
- Health Systems Research, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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- Health Systems Research, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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- Laboratory Division, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
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- Health Systems Research, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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- Computing and Information Science, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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- Health Systems Research, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
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Habibi Ghahfarokhi S, Mosadegh M, Ahmadi A, Pourmand MR, Azarsa M, Rahbar M, Nikmanesh B. Serotype Distribution and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Tehran, Iran: A Surveillance Study. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:333-340. [PMID: 32099424 PMCID: PMC7007777 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s234295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae strains cause high morbidity and mortality, mainly in countries with no pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) immunization program. This study investigated the epidemiological changes of S. pneumoniae isolates including serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in Tehran, Iran. Methods A total of 80 S. pneumoniae samples were collected from patients admitted to Shariati hospital over two periods. Half of the isolates were collected from February to September 2017 and the other half from July 2018 to March 2019. The antimicrobial susceptibility testing and PCV-13 serotype coverage of S. pneumoniae isolates were evaluated among patients with invasive and non-invasive infections. Results The most common serotypes were 23F (17.5%), 14 (16.3%), 3 (16.3%) 19F (12.5%), and 19A (12.5%) in the present study. The vaccine coverage rates of PCV-7, PCV-10 and PCV-13 were 52.6%, 52.6%, and 83.7%, respectively. S. pneumoniae isolates with the serotype of the PCV-13 showed an increasing trend during the study. Nearly half of the S. pneumoniae strains were MDR, while MDR serotype 19A increased (40%) during the study periods. A small minority of isolates (16%) belonged to non-vaccine serotypes, 65% of which were assigned to MDR. In general, the frequency of penicillin resistant and MDR strains were estimated about 27.5% and 51%, respectively. An increase was observed in resistance to erythromycin and co-trimoxazole. Conclusion The results showed that majority of the circulating serotypes in our study are related to PCV-13 serotypes. The use of conjugate vaccine in the immunization program and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance can be effective in reducing the pneumococcal clinical burden.
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- Soheila Habibi Ghahfarokhi
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Biology Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Reference Health Laboratories Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Carter MJ, Gurung P, Jones C, Rajkarnikar S, Kandasamy R, Gurung M, Thorson S, Gautam MC, Prajapati KG, Khadka B, Maharjan A, Knight JC, Murdoch DR, Darton TC, Voysey M, Wahl B, O'Brien KL, Kelly S, Ansari I, Shah G, Ekström N, Melin M, Pollard AJ, Kelly DF, Shrestha S. Assessment of an Antibody-in-Lymphocyte Supernatant Assay for the Etiological Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 9:459. [PMID: 32039044 PMCID: PMC6988833 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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New diagnostic tests for the etiology of childhood pneumonia are needed. We evaluated the antibody-in-lymphocyte supernatant (ALS) assay to detect immunoglobulin (Ig) G secretion from ex vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) culture, as a potential diagnostic test for pneumococcal pneumonia. We enrolled 348 children with pneumonia admitted to Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal between December 2015 and September 2016. PBMCs sampled from participants were incubated for 48 h before harvesting of cell culture supernatant (ALS). We used a fluorescence-based multiplexed immunoassay to measure the concentration of IgG in ALS against five conserved pneumococcal protein antigens. Of children with pneumonia, 68 had a confirmed etiological diagnosis: 12 children had pneumococcal pneumonia (defined as blood or pleural fluid culture-confirmed; or plasma CRP concentration ≥60 mg/l and nasopharyngeal carriage of serotype 1 pneumococci), and 56 children had non-pneumococcal pneumonia. Children with non-pneumococcal pneumonia had either a bacterial pathogen isolated from blood (six children); or C-reactive protein <60 mg/l, absence of radiographic consolidation and detection of a pathogenic virus by multiplex PCR (respiratory syncytial virus, influenza viruses, or parainfluenza viruses; 23 children). Concentrations of ALS IgG to all five pneumococcal proteins were significantly higher in children with pneumococcal pneumonia than in children with non-pneumococcal pneumonia. The concentration of IgG in ALS to the best-performing antigen discriminated between children with pneumococcal and non-pneumococcal pneumonia with a sensitivity of 1.0 (95% CI 0.73-1.0), specificity of 0.66 (95% CI 0.52-0.78) and area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUROCC) 0.85 (95% CI 0.75-0.94). Children with pneumococcal pneumonia were older than children with non-pneumococcal pneumonia (median 5.6 and 2.0 years, respectively, p < 0.001). When the analysis was limited to children ≥2 years of age, assay of IgG ALS to pneumococcal proteins was unable to discriminate between children with pneumococcal pneumonia and non-pneumococcal pneumonia (AUROCC 0.67, 95% CI 0.47-0.88). This method detected spontaneous secretion of IgG to pneumococcal protein antigens from cultured PBMCs. However, when stratified by age group, assay of IgG in ALS to pneumococcal proteins showed limited utility as a test to discriminate between pneumococcal and non-pneumococcal pneumonia in children.
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- Michael J. Carter
- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
- School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Expert Microbiology Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- Expert Microbiology Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kaushal N, Kumari S, Jhelum H, Sehgal D. In vitro and in vivo characterization of the interaction, proinflammatory, immunomodulatory and antigenic properties of capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 143:521-532. [PMID: 31816377 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (PCP) is the major virulence determinant of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Strains devoid of the capsule are avirulent or highly attenuated. PCP is present in soluble form and on pneumococci in infected individuals. The present study was undertaken to study the interaction of PCP from serotype 1 (PCP1) with immune cells, and its proinflammatory, immunomodulatory and antigenic properties. Binding of PCP1 to the surface of immune cells led to proinflammatory cytokine production which was not cell line or cytokine restricted. HEK293T transfectants expressing TLR1 and TLR2 produced IL-8 upon stimulation with PCP1, untransfected cells did not do so. PCP1 failed to induce TNF-α production from RAW264.7 cells when pre-incubated with a TLR2 blocking antibody. The surface binding of PCP1 was abrogated in the presence of TLR2 blocking antibody. PCP1 failed to bind TLR2 deficient RAW264.7 cells and induce TNF-α production. Unlike PCP1, alkali-treated PCP1 failed to stimulate RAW264.7 cells to produce TNF-α indicating the importance of alkali-sensitive moieties like O-acetyl groups. Alkali-treated PCP1 elicited lower anti-PCP1 antibody response. Mice experiments suggested that alkali-sensitive groups are significant target of protective antibodies in PCP1 immunized mice. Our findings demonstrate that PCP1 is an important modulator of immune response against pneumococci.
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- Nitika Kaushal
- Molecular Immunology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Molecular Immunology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Molecular Immunology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Molecular Immunology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
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Jain S, Das BK, Mahajan N, Kapil A, Chaudhry R, Sood S, Kabra SK, Dwivedi SN. Molecular capsular typing and multi locus sequence typing of invasive, non-invasive and commensal Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from North India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2020; 38:78-86. [PMID: 32719213 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_20_111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, serotype distribution and sequence type (ST) of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from invasive and non-invasive infection and correlate it with isolates from commensal nasopharyngeal flora to ascertain their role in infection. Materials and Methods S. pneumoniae isolates from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, pleural fluid and respiratory secretions (sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage and nasopharyngeal swab/throat swab) were analysed to determine ST, serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. Serotyping was performed by multiplex polymerase chain reactions as well as by quellung reaction. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was determined using Kirby Bauer's disc diffusion method as per the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Minimum inhibitory concentration was determined using E-test for penicillin. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was done to understand genetic relatedness and evolutionary relationship among strains. Results A total of 125 S. pneumoniae isolates were collected, including 25 from invasive pneumococcal disease, 25 from non-invasive and 75 from nasopharyngeal swab of healthy children (Commensal). Resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, and co-trimoxazole was observed in 14.4%, 12% and 81.6% of the isolates, respectively, by KirbyBauer's disc diffusion method. Serotype 14 was found to be the most prevalent in invasive and non-invasive isolates, while serotype 6 was the most common in commensal isolates. New STs were found among invasive (ST13826, ST13827), non-invasive (ST13823, ST13824, and ST13961) and commensal (ST13825) isolates. Conclusion MLST sequence analysis shows that invasive isolates were found to be clustered with non-invasive and commensal isolates. Analysis of MLST suggests the possibility of genetic relatedness and exchange of genetic material between invasive, non-invasive and commensal isolates.
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- Shefali Jain
- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Veeraraghavan B, Walia K. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile & resistance mechanisms of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) priority pathogens from India. Indian J Med Res 2019; 149:87-96. [PMID: 31219073 PMCID: PMC6563747 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_214_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance is a major concern globally. Infections due to drug-resistant pathogens are becoming difficult and a challenge to treat. As treatment choices are limited due to the high-drug resistance rates, there is an increase in the health care cost, duration of hospital stay, morbidity and mortality rates. Understanding the true burden of antimicrobial resistance for a geographical location is important to guide effective empirical therapy. To have a national data, it is imperative to have a systemic data capturing across the country through surveillance studies. Very few surveillance studies have been conducted in India to generate national data on antimicrobial resistance. This review aims to report the cumulative antibiogram and the resistance mechanisms of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) priority pathogens from India.
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- Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
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Balasubramanian S, Singh P, Dhanalakshmi K, Putlibai S, Varghese R. Clinico-microbiological profile of invasive pneumococcal disease amongst hospitalised children in South India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2019; 37:598-599. [PMID: 32436889 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_20_135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Sundaram Balasubramanian
- Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Bagga A, Khandelwal P, Mishra K, Thergaonkar R, Vasudevan A, Sharma J, Patnaik SK, Sinha A, Sethi S, Hari P, Dragon-Durey MA. Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a developing country: Consensus guidelines. Pediatr Nephrol 2019; 34:1465-1482. [PMID: 30989342 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-019-04233-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a leading cause of acute kidney injury in children. Although international guidelines emphasize comprehensive evaluation and treatment with eculizumab, access to diagnostic and therapeutic facilities is limited in most developing countries. The burden of Shiga toxin-associated HUS in India is unclear; school-going children show high prevalence of anti-factor H (FH) antibodies. The aim of the consensus meeting was to formulate guidelines for the diagnosis and management of HUS in children, specific to the needs of the country. METHODS Four workgroups performed literature review and graded research studies addressing (i) investigations, biopsy, genetics, and differential diagnosis; (ii) Shiga toxin, pneumococcal, and infection-associated HUS; (iii) atypical HUS; and (iv) complement blockade. Consensus statements developed by the workgroups were discussed during a consensus meeting in March 2017. RESULTS An algorithm for classification and evaluation was developed. The management of Shiga toxin-associated HUS is supportive; prompt plasma exchanges (PEX) is the chief therapy in patients with atypical HUS. Experts recommend that patients with anti-FH-associated HUS be managed with a combination of PEX and immunosuppressive medications. Indications for eculizumab include incomplete remission with plasma therapy, life-threatening features, complications of PEX or vascular access, inherited defects in complement regulation, and recurrence of HUS in allografts. Priorities for capacity building in regional and national laboratories are highlighted. CONCLUSIONS Limited diagnostic capabilities and lack of access to eculizumab prevent the implementation of international guidelines for HUS in most developing countries. We propose practice guidelines for India, which will perhaps be applicable to other developing countries.
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- Arvind Bagga
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indian Naval Hospital Ship, Kalyani, Visakhapatnam, India
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, St. Johns Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, KEM Hospital, Pune, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Medanta Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, INSERM UMRS 1138, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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Sutcliffe CG, Shet A, Varghese R, Veeraraghavan B, Manoharan A, Wahl B, Chandy S, Sternal J, Khan R, Singh RK, Santosham M, Arora NK. Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes among children in India prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:605. [PMID: 31291902 PMCID: PMC6621985 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4254-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis, and other serious infections among children in India. India introduced the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in several states in 2017, and is expected to expand to nationwide coverage in the near future. To establish a baseline for measuring the impact of PCV in India, we assessed overall and serotype-specific nasopharyngeal carriage in two pediatric populations. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Palwal District, Haryana, from December 2016 to July 2017, prior to vaccine introduction. Children 2-59 months of age with clinical pneumonia seeking healthcare and those in the community with no clear illness were targeted for enrollment. A nasopharyngeal swab was collected and tested for pneumococcus using conventional culture and sequential multiplex PCR. Isolates were tested for antimicrobial resistance using an E test. Children were considered colonized if pneumococcus was isolated by culture or PCR. The prevalence of pneumococcal and serotype-specific colonization was compared between groups of children using log-binomial regression. RESULTS Among 601 children enrolled, 91 had clinical pneumonia and 510 were community children. The proportion colonized with S. pneumoniae was 74.7 and 54.5% among children with clinical pneumonia and community children, respectively (adjusted prevalence ratio: 1.38; 95% confidence interval: 1.19, 1.60). The prevalence of PCV13 vaccine-type colonization was similar between children with clinical pneumonia (31.9%) and community children (28.0%; p = 0.46). The most common colonizing serotypes were 6A, 6B, 14, 19A, 19F, and 23F, all of which are included in the PCV13 vaccine product. Antimicrobial resistance to at least one drug was similar between isolates from children with clinical pneumonia (66.1%) and community children (61.5%; p = 0.49); while resistance to at least two drugs was more common among isolates from children with clinical pneumonia (25.8% vs. 16.4%; p = 0.08). Resistance for all drugs was consistently higher for PCV13 vaccine-type serotypes compared to non-vaccine serotypes in both groups. CONCLUSION This study provides baseline information on the prevalence of serotype-specific pneumococcal colonization among children prior to the introduction of PCV in India. Our results suggest a role for pneumococcal vaccines in reducing pneumococcal colonization and antimicrobial resistant isolates circulating in India.
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- Catherine G Sutcliffe
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Christian Medical College, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
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- The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, 12-A Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, 600034, India
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, 12-A Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, 600034, India
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- The INCLEN Trust International, F-1/5, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Area Phase - 1, New Delhi, 110020, India
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- The INCLEN Trust International, F-1/5, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Area Phase - 1, New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- The INCLEN Trust International, F-1/5, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Area Phase - 1, New Delhi, 110020, India.
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Varghese R, Veeraraghavan B, Jeyaraman Y, Kumar G, Arora NK, Balasubramanian S. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine rollout in India: Expectations and challenges. Indian J Med Microbiol 2019; 37:141-146. [PMID: 31745013 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_19_320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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India is one among the four Asian countries with the greatest number of deaths due to pneumococcal infection among children under 5 years. pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has been introduced in a phased manner in five major Indian states. Ambiguity remains in choosing the appropriate type of PCV and optimum schedule with maximum effectiveness specific for each country. Here, we discuss the evidences with respect to serotype coverage, immunogenicity, reactogenicity and dosage schedule for introduction of PCV13 in India. In addition, the expected PCV impact and the challenges are detailed. PCV13 is expected to provide >75% serotype coverage for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) serotypes in Indian children combined with the replacement by nonvaccine serotypes which is unpredictable due to lack of complete data. Nasopharyngeal (NP) surveillance is easy, feasible and can replace IPD surveillance in resource-poor settings. Continuous IPD as well as NP surveillance in all the regions are necessary to assess the impact of PCV in India.
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- Rosemol Varghese
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Medical Director, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Streptococcus pneumoniae continues to take a heavy toll on childhood mortality and morbidity across the developing world. An estimated 10.6 million invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPDs) occur every year, with nearly 1 million deaths in children under 5 years of age. Introduction of vaccines in the childhood immunisation programme in developed world has brought down the incidence of the disease considerably. However, childhood immunocompromising illnesses including HIV have increased the risk of IPD several folds. There is also a growing concern on the increasing antibiotic resistance among these invasive strains to penicillin, other beta-lactams and macrolides, making treatment difficult and expensive. It is estimated that about 62% of IPD worldwide is caused by the 10 most common serotypes. Although the ranking of individual pneumococcal serotypes causing serious disease varies among nations, the 7-13 serotypes included in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) may prevent 50%-80% of all paediatric pneumococcal diseases globally. The World Health Organization has recommended the use of PCV-10/13 in the national immunisation programmes (NIPs) of developing countries. Four doses of PCV-13 have been recommended by the US Association of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at intervals of each 2 months for the first 6 months and by the 12th to 15th months after birth. This is expected to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with IPD and simultaneously decrease colonisation with circulating antibiotic-resistant strains in immunized communities. Nevertheless, continued surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in non-vaccine serotypes is necessary to prevent the resurgence of resistance. Other virulence factors which are not serotype specific also need to be studied to overcome the drawbacks of serotype-specific pneumococcal vaccines. PCV-13 was launched during May 2017 under the NIP of five Indian states with the highest pneumococcal diseases in the country and is expected to be rolled out in the other parts of the country in the coming days.
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- Anand Manoharan
- The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Yan Z, Cui Y, Zhou W, Li W, Tan X, Chen W, Zhang J, Jiang Y. Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children living in southwest China and assessment of a potential protein vaccine, rPfbA. Vaccine 2019; 37:721-731. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Souza THD, Nadal JA, Lopes CE, Nogueira RJN. ASSOCIATION OF MENINGITIS AND PERICARDITIS IN INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE: A RARE CASE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 37:126-129. [PMID: 30183802 PMCID: PMC6362377 DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/;2019;37;1;00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective: To report a rare case of a child with invasive pneumococcal disease that presented meningitis associated with pericarditis. Case description: This report describes the unfavorable clinical course of a previously healthy 6-months-old female infant who initially presented symptoms of fever and respiratory problems. A chest X-ray revealed an increased cardiac area with no radiographic changes in the lungs. After identifying a pericardial effusion, the patient experienced seizures and went into coma. Pneumonia was excluded as a possibility during the clinical investigation. However, Streptococcus pneumoniae was identified in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood cultures. An initial neurological examination showed that the patient was brain dead, which was then later confirmed according to protocol. Comments: Purulent pericarditis has become a rare complication of invasive pneumococcal disease since the advent of antibiotic therapy. Patients with extensive pneumonia are primarily predisposed and, even with early and adequate treatment, are prone to high mortality rates. The association of pneumococcal meningitis and pericarditis is uncommon, and therefore difficult to diagnose. As such, diagnostic suspicion must be high in order to institute early treatment and increase survival.
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Ali M, Chang BA, Johnson KW, Morris SK. Incidence and aetiology of bacterial meningitis among children aged 1-59 months in South Asia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine 2018; 36:5846-5857. [PMID: 30145101 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bacterial meningitis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide among children aged 1-59 months. We aimed to describe its burden in South Asia, focusing on vaccine-preventable aetiologies. METHODS We searched five databases for studies published from January 1, 1990, to April 25, 2017. We estimated incidence and aetiology-specific proportions using random-effects meta-analysis. In secondary analyses, we described vaccine impact and pneumococcal meningitis serotypes. RESULTS We included 48 articles cumulatively reporting 20,707 cases from 1987 to 2013. Mean annual incidence was 105 (95% confidence interval [CI], 53-173) cases per 100,000 children. On average, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) accounted for 13% (95% CI, 8-19%) of cases, pneumococcus for 10% (95% CI, 6-15%), and meningococcus for 1% (95% CI, 0-2%). These meta-analyses had substantial between-study heterogeneity (I2 > 78%, P < 0.0001). Among studies reporting only confirmed cases, these three bacteria caused a median of 78% cases (IQR, 50-87%). Hib meningitis incidence declined by 72-83% at sentinel hospitals in Pakistan and Bangladesh, respectively, within two years of implementing nationwide vaccination. On average, PCV10 covered 49% (95% CI, 39-58%), PCV13 covered 51% (95% CI, 40-61%), and PPSV23 covered 74% (95% CI, 67-80%) of pneumococcal meningitis serotypes. Lower PCV10 and PCV13 serotype coverage in Bangladesh was associated with higher prevalence of serotype 2, compared to India and Pakistan. CONCLUSIONS South Asia has relatively high incidence of bacterial meningitis among children aged 1-59 months, with vaccine-preventable bacteria causing a substantial proportion. These estimates are likely underestimates due to multiple epidemiological and microbiological factors. Further research on vaccine impact and distribution of pneumococcal serotypes will inform vaccine policymaking and implementation.
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- Mohsin Ali
- Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Institute for Next Generation Healthcare, Icahn Institute for Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Jayaraman Y, Veeraraghavan B, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Sukumar B, Kangusamy B, Nair Kapoor A, Gupta N, Mehendale SM. Burden of bacterial meningitis in India: Preliminary data from a hospital based sentinel surveillance network. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197198. [PMID: 29768458 PMCID: PMC5955554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Worldwide, acute bacterial meningitis is a major cause of high morbidity and mortality among under five children, particularly in settings where vaccination for H. influenzae type b, S. pneumoniae and N. meningitidis is yet to be introduced in the national immunization programs. Estimation of disease burden of bacterial meningitis associated with these pathogens can guide the policy makers to consider inclusion of these newer vaccines in the immunization programs. A network of hospital based sentinel surveillance was established to generate baseline data on the burden of bacterial meningitis among children aged less than 5 years in India and to provide a platform for impact assessment following introduction of the Pentavalent and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCV). METHODS During surveillance carried out in select hospitals across India in 2012-2013, information regarding demographics, immunization history, clinical history, treatment details and laboratory investigations viz. CSF biochemistry, culture, latex agglutination and PCR was collected from children aged 1 to 59 months admitted with suspected bacterial meningitis. RESULTS A total of 3104 suspected meningitis cases were enrolled from 19,670 children admitted with fever at the surveillance hospitals. Of these, 257 cases were confirmed as cases of meningitis. They were due to S. pneumoniae (82.9%), H. influenzae type b (14.4%) and N. meningitidis (2.7%). Highest prevalence (55.3%) was observed among children 1 to 11 months. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed considerable resistance among S. pneumoniae isolates against commonly used antibiotics such as cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, penicillin, and cefotaxime. More commonly prevalent serotypes of S. pneumoniae in circulation included 6B, 14, 6A and 19F. More than 90% of serotypes identified were covered by Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13. CONCLUSIONS We observed that S. pneumoniae was the commonest cause of bacterial meningitis in hospitalized children under five years of age in India. Continued surveillance is expected to provide valuable information and trends in future, to take an informed decision on introduction of pneumococcal vaccination in Universal Immunization Programme in India and will also eventually help in post-vaccination impact evaluation.
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- ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Megiddo I, Klein E, Laxminarayan R. Potential impact of introducing the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into national immunisation programmes: an economic-epidemiological analysis using data from India. BMJ Glob Health 2018; 3:e000636. [PMID: 29765775 PMCID: PMC5950640 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Pneumococcal pneumonia causes an estimated 105 000 child deaths in India annually. The planned introduction of the serotype-based pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is expected to avert child deaths, but the high cost of PCV relative to current vaccines provided under the Universal Immunization Programme has been a concern. Cost-effectiveness studies from high-income countries are not readily comparable because of differences in the distribution of prevalent serotypes, population and health systems. We extended IndiaSim, our agent-based simulation model representative of the Indian population and health system, to model the dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae. This enabled us to evaluate serotype and overall disease dynamics in the context of the local population and health system, an aspect that is missing in prospective evaluations of the vaccine. We estimate that PCV13 introduction would cost approximately US$240 million and avert US$48.7 million in out-of-pocket expenditures and 34 800 (95% CI 29 600 to 40 800) deaths annually assuming coverage levels and distribution similar to DPT (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) vaccination (~77%). Introducing the vaccine protects the population, especially the poorest wealth quintile, from potentially catastrophic expenditure. The net-present value of predicted money-metric value of insurance for 20 years of vaccination is US$160 000 (95% CI US$151 000 to US$168 000) per 100 000 under-fives, and almost half of this protection is for the bottom wealth quintile (US$78 000; 95% CI 70 800 to 84 400). Extending vaccination to 90% coverage averts additional lives and provides additional financial risk protection. Our estimates are sensitive to immunity parameters in our model; however, our assumptions are conservative, and if willingness to pay per years of life lost averted is US$228 or greater, then introducing the vaccine is more cost-effective than our baseline (no vaccination) in more than 95% of simulations.
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- Itamar Megiddo
- Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.,Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.,Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.,Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Modeling Possible Inclusion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine into the National Immunization Program for Infants in India. Value Health Reg Issues 2018; 15:99-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nour M, Alaidarous A. Clinical usefulness and accuracy of polymerase chain reaction in the detection of bacterial meningitis agents in pediatric cerebrospinal fluid. Curr Res Transl Med 2018; 66:15-18. [PMID: 29456197 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bacterial meningitis poses enormous healthcare challenges due to a high mortality, morbidity and sequelae. Neisseria (N.) meningitidis, Haemophilus (H.) influenzae, Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae and S. agalactiae remain among the most prevalent infectious agents that cause bacterial meningitis in children. The objective of this study was the simultaneous detection of these pathogens in suspected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) and compare PCR results with standard diagnostics currently used in clinical practice. CSF specimens were obtained from 515 children (<5 years) clinically suspected of having acute bacterial meningitis. Based on bacterial culture, four isolates of salmonella sp and one Citrobacter freundii isolate were identified. The remaining 510 CSF specimens, having negative culture, were subjected to mPCR. Twenty-three (4.51%) CSF samples yielded a PCR positive signal. The pathogens identified were: S. pneumoniae (n=13), H. influenzae (n=7) and N. meningitidis (n=3). S. agalactiae was not detected. Using sequential multiplex PCR, serogrouping of S. pneumoniae revealed 3 different serotypes: serotype 19A (n=6), 19F (n=4) and serotype 23F (n=3). Only the serotype A was identified for the 3N. meningitidis isolates. Despite vaccination, S. pneumoniae remains a leading cause of pediatric invasive disease. Detecting causative organism remains the most critical aspect for management of children with suspected meningitis. PCR method is more sensitive and rapid than culture for detecting the infectious agents. Institution of PCR diagnostics is recommended for early and appropriate therapy.
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- M Nour
- Department of biology, faculty of science, Taif university, KSA, 21974 Taif-Al-Haweiah, Saudi Arabia; Department of biology, high institute of biotechnology, Monastir university, Tahar-Haddad Street, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
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- Department of biology, faculty of science, Taif university, KSA, 21974 Taif-Al-Haweiah, Saudi Arabia
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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pre-conjugate vaccine era: A Chinese hospital-based retrospective study. Vaccine 2017; 36:599-605. [PMID: 29289385 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen in causing global morbidity and mortality among children. This study aimed to determine phenotypic and molecular characteristics of S. pneumoniae causing infections in children under five years in China. METHODS A hospital-based retrospective study was conducted. All 537 S. pneumoniae isolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility by E-test method, molecular characteristics including resistance genes, virulence genes and serotypes by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, and sequence types (STs) by sequencing seven housekeeping genes. Minimum spanning tree and correspondence analysis were used to reveal the potential relationship between serotypes and STs. RESULTS Most of S. pneumoniae isolates were resistant to erythromycin (93.9%) and tetracycline (86.4%), with the predominant resistance genes being erm(B) (92.6%) and tet(M) (95.5%). The prevalent serotypes were 19F, 6B, 19A, 23F and 14, the coverage rate of PCV13 was high in 85.8%, and the predominant STs were ST271, ST320, ST3173, ST81 and ST876. A significant correlation existed between STs and serotypes, with ST271/19F and ST320/19A as the most prevalent clones. Notably, ST271/19F and ST320/19A isolates were associated with resistance to specific antibiotics and carrying of mef(A/E), rlrA and sipA genes. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest the introduction of PCV13 vaccine to Chinese children, and underscore the value of monitoring multiple characteristics to detect new epidemiologic trends and provide implications for the formulation of multivalent pneumococcal vaccines.
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Entwisle C, Hill S, Pang Y, Joachim M, McIlgorm A, Colaco C, Goldblatt D, De Gorguette D'Argoeuves P, Bailey C. Safety and immunogenicity of a novel multiple antigen pneumococcal vaccine in adults: A Phase 1 randomised clinical trial. Vaccine 2017; 35:7181-7186. [PMID: 29132988 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pneumococcal vaccines, combining multiple protein antigens, provide an alternative approach to currently marketed vaccines and may provide broader protection against pneumococcal disease. This trial evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of a novel vaccine candidate PnuBioVax in healthy young adults. METHODS In a Phase 1 double-blind study, 36 subjects (18-40 years) were randomised to receive 3 doses of PnuBioVax, 28 days apart, at one of three dose levels (50, 200, 500 µg) or placebo. Safety assessments included rates of emergent adverse events (AEs), injection site and systemic reactions. Immunogenicity endpoints included antibody titre against PnuBioVax and selected pneumococcal antigens. RESULTS In the placebo (n=9) and PnuBioVax (n=27) vaccinated subjects, there were 15 and 72, reported TEAEs, respectively. The majority of TEAEs were classified as common vaccine related AEs. There were no serious AEs. Common vaccine-related AEs occurred in 13 PnuBioVax (48%) and 2 placebo (22%) subjects and were all headaches (mild and moderate). Injection site reactions, mostly pain and tenderness (graded mild or moderate) were reported, in particular in the 200 µg and 500 µg PnuBioVax groups. There were no clinically significant changes in vital signs, ECG or blood chemistries. Subjects receiving the higher dose (200 and 500 μg) demonstrated a greater fold increase in IgG titre compared with the starting dose (50 μg) or the placebo group. The fold-increase was statistically significantly higher for 200 and 500µg PnuBioVax vs 50µg PnuBioVax and placebo at each timepoint post-immunisation. Most subjects receiving 200 and 500 µg PnuBioVax demonstrated a ≥2-fold increase in antibody against pneumolysin (Ply), Pneumococcal surface antigen (PsaA), PiaA (Pneumococcal iron acquisition), PspA (Pneumococcal surface protein A) and pilus proteins (RrgB and RrgA). CONCLUSIONS All dose levels were considered safe and well tolerated. There was a statistically significant increase in anti-PnuBioVax IgG titres at the 200 and 500 µg dose levels compared to 50 µg and placebo. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02572635https://www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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- ImmunoBiology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- ImmunoBiology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- ImmunoBiology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- ImmunoBiology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Immunobiology Section, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- ImmunoBiology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
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Zhang X, Tian J, Shan W, Xue J, Tao Y, Geng Q, Ding Y, Zhao G, Zhang T. Characteristics of pediatric invasive pneumococcal diseases and the pneumococcal isolates in Suzhou, China before introduction of PCV13. Vaccine 2017; 35:4119-4125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Diene SM, Abat C, Rolain JM, Raoult D. How artificial is the antibiotic resistance definition? THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2017; 17:690. [PMID: 28653629 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30338-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Seydina M Diene
- URMITE (Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes), Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille Cedex 05, France
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- URMITE (Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes), Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille Cedex 05, France
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- URMITE (Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes), Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille Cedex 05, France
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- URMITE (Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes), Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille Cedex 05, France.
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