Global prevailing and emerging pediatric pneumococcal serotypes

High rate of pneumococcal bacteremia in a prospective cohort of older children and adults in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural western Kenya

(2010) Daniel R Feikin et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Temporal Trends in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Pneumococcal Serotypes over 7 Decades

(2010) Zitta B. Harboe et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal serotypes causing pediatric meningitis in Turkey: application of a new technology in the investigation of cases negative by conventional culture

(2010) M. Ceyhan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease during the first 60 days of life

(2010) Matthias Imöhl et al.   VACCINE

Indirect effect of conjugate pneumococcal vaccination in a 2+1 dose schedule

(2010) Didrik F. Vestrheim et al.   VACCINE

Systematic Evaluation of Serotypes Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children Under Five: The Pneumococcal Global Serotype Project

(2010) Hope L. Johnson et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Temporal Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance and Clonality of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006

(2009) L. Siira et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Surveillance of Pneumococcal‐Associated Disease among Hospitalized Children in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

(2009) Dang Duc Anh et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Surveillance for InvasiveStreptococcus pneumoniaeDisease among Hospitalized Children in Bangladesh: Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution

(2009) Samir K. Saha et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Surveillance of Acute Bacterial Meningitis among Children Admitted to a District Hospital in Rural Mozambique

(2009) A. Roca et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Surveillance of Pneumococcal Meningitis among Children in Sindh, Southern Pakistan

(2009) Anita K. M. Zaidi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Colombo, Sri Lanka

(2009) R. Batuwanthudawe et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Surveillance forStreptococcus pneumoniaeMeningitis in Children Aged

(2009) Annet Kisakye et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children in Rural Bangladesh: Results from a Population‐Based Surveillance

(2009) Shams E. Arifeen et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Hospital‐Based Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Young Children in Urban Nepal

(2009) Eleri J. Williams et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Kanti Children's Hospital, Nepal, as Observed by the South Asian Pneumococcal Alliance Network

(2009) A. S. Shah et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Canada, 1998–2007: Update from the Calgary‐AreaStreptococcus pneumoniaeResearch (CASPER) Study

(2009) James D. Kellner et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Incidence of Pneumococcal Bacteremia Requiring Hospitalization in Rural Thailand

(2009) Henry C. Baggett et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Incidence, Seasonality, Age Distribution, and Mortality of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Burkina Faso and Togo

(2009) Yves Traore et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease following increased coverage with the heptavalent conjugate vaccine in Navarre, Spain

(2009) M. Guevara et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Changes in serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease (2005–2007 vs. 1997–1999) in children under 2 years of age in a population with intermediate coverage of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine

(2009) L. Salleras et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Changes of serotype and genotype in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from a Korean hospital in 2007

(2009) Jae-Hoon Song et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Serotype and antibiotic resistance of isolates from patients with invasive pneumococcal disease in Japan

(2009) N. CHIBA et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in children and older adults in the north of Spain before and after the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

(2009) E. Pérez-Trallero et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for developing countries

(2009) Stephen Obaro   Expert Review of Vaccines

Impact of infant immunization programs with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Europe

(2009) Markus Rose et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Regional differences in serotype distribution, pneumococcal vaccine coverage, and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal disease among German federal states

(2009) Matthias Imöhl et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temporal Trends of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Spain from 1979 to 2007

(2009) A. Fenoll et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine

(2009) Tamara Pilishvili et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates

(2009) Katherine L O'Brien et al.   LANCET

Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Children Attending Day-Care Centers in the Central Region of Portugal, In the Era of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

(2009) Fernanda Rodrigues et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Meningitis

(2009) Heather E. Hsu et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Invasive Disease in Children in 10 Latin American Countries

(2009) Elizabeth Castañeda et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Efficacy of an 11-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia Among Children Less Than 2 Years of Age in the Philippines

(2009) Marilla G. Lucero et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae pre- and post-seven valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in Alberta, Canada, 2000–2006

(2009) Gregory J. Tyrrell et al.   VACCINE

National paediatric immunization program of high risk groups: No effect on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal diseases

(2009) P. Rendi-Wagner et al.   VACCINE

National survey of invasive pneumococcal diseases in Taiwan under partial PCV7 vaccination in 2007: Emergence of serotype 19A with high invasive potential

(2009) Yu-Chia Hsieh et al.   VACCINE

Estimating the direct impact of new conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal disease

(2009) W.P. Hausdorff et al.   VACCINE

Reduction in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease after general vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Germany

(2009) Simon Rückinger et al.   VACCINE

Pneumococcal Serotypes and Mortality following Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

(2009) Zitta B. Harboe et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility ofStreptococcus pneumoniaestrains isolated from middle ear fluids of children aged 0–24 months with acute otitis media

(2009) Balázs Ivády et al.   ORVOSI HETILAP

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Danish children, 1996-2007, prior to the introduction of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

(2008) Thilde N Winther et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Neumonía neumocócica invasiva en niños de 0 a 24 meses: ¿influye la resistencia bacteriana en la evolución?

(2008) M.C. Pírez García et al.   ANALES DE PEDIATRIA

Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Clonal Complexes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Resistant to Multiple Classes of Antibiotics in Belgium, 1997 to 2004

(2008) H. Amrine-Madsen et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2–29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

(2008) Martin Antonio et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Gambian Infants: A Longitudinal Study

(2008) P. C. Hill et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among White Mountain Apache Persons in the Era of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

(2008) Rochelle Lacapa et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Emergence ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotypes 19A, 6C, and 22F and Serogroup 15 in Cleveland, Ohio, in Relation to Introduction of the Protein‐Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine

(2008) Michael R. Jacobs et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changing Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Meningitis after the Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in the United States

(2008) Chiaojung Jillian Tsai et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Distribution of serotypes and antibiotic resistance of invasive pneumococcal disease isolates among children aged 5 years and under in Saudi Arabia (2000–2004)

(2008) A.M. Shibl   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Changes in Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing invasive disease with non-universal vaccination coverage of the seven-valent conjugate vaccine

(2008) S.I. Aguiar et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in China younger than 5 years

(2008) Yudong Liu et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Czech Republic and serotype coverage by vaccines, 1997–2006

(2008) J. MOTLOVA et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Resistance, serotype and genetic diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae-resistant strains isolated in the West Pomerania region of Poland in the years 2001–2005

(2008) M. Nowosiad et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive pneumococcal disease in children up to 5 years of age in Poland

(2008) P. Grzesiowski et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiologic impact of blood culture practices and antibiotic consumption on pneumococcal bacteraemia in children

(2008) A. Pérez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Population structure of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Italy prior to the implementation of the 7-valent conjugate vaccine (1999–2003)

(2008) G. Gherardi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Non-susceptibility trends and serotype distributions among Streptococcus pneumoniae from community-acquired respiratory tract infections and from bacteraemias in the UK and Ireland, 1999 to 2007

(2008) D. J. Farrell et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Changes in Serotypes and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains in Cleveland: a Quarter Century of Experience

(2008) M. R. Jacobs et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The incidence of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Chiba prefecture, Japan (2003–2005)

(2008) Naruhiko Ishiwada et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Age‐ and Serotype‐Specific Pediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Insights from Systematic Surveillance in Santiago, Chile, 1994–2007

(2008) Rosanna Lagos et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Population Snapshot of EmergentStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotype 19A in the United States, 2005

(2008) Matthew R. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive pneumococcal disease: epidemiology in children and adults prior to implementation of the conjugate vaccine in the Oxfordshire region, England

(2008) D. Foster et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Hospitalized Uruguayan Children and Potential Prevention with Different Vaccine Formulations

(2008) María Hortal et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines on antibiotic resistance

(2008) Ron Dagan et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Serotype Replacement and Multiple Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae After the Introduction of the Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine

(2008) Robertino Mera et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

The rise and fall of bacterial clones: Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2008) Birgitta Henriques-Normark et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Among Day-Care Center Attendees in Central Greece

(2008) Ioanna N. Grivea et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Pneumonia After Implementation of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Program in the Province of Quebec, Canada

(2008) Philippe De Wals et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

DECLINE IN PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN SPAIN AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE HEPTAVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE

(2008) Juan Casado-Flores et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Effects of Routine Infant Vaccination With the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children in Calgary, Canada

(2008) James D. Kellner et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Trends and geographical variation in invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland

(2008) Peter Klemets et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany between 1997 and 2003: Variability in incidence and serotype distribution in absence of general pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

(2008) Simon Rückinger et al.   VACCINE

Invasive Pneumococcal disease in Singapore children

(2008) Chia-Yin Chong et al.   VACCINE

Estimated effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease and associated mortality, Denmark 2000–2005

(2008) Zitta B. Harboe et al.   VACCINE

Safety of the 11-valent pneumococcal vaccine conjugated to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae-derived protein D in the first 2 years of life and immunogenicity of the co-administered hexavalent diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated polio virus, Haemophilus influenzae type b and control hepatitis A vaccines

(2008) Roman Prymula et al.   VACCINE

Effectiveness of a 2+1 dose schedule pneumococcal conjugate vaccination programme on invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Norway

(2008) Didrik F. Vestrheim et al.   VACCINE

Emergence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes in the Era of 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine

(2007) C. Munoz-Almagro et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES