Changes in empyema among U.S. children in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parapneumonic empyema, a serious complication of pneumonia, started increasing among U.S. children before the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in 2000, and continued afterwards. This increase was due in part to pneumococcal serotypes not included in PCV7 that were included in the new 13-valent (PCV13) vaccine introduced in 2010. We assessed changes in the incidence of empyema hospitalizations among U.S. children after PCV13 introduction.

Methods

We calculated annualized empyema hospitalization rates among U.S. children <18years using Nationwide Inpatient Sample and Census data (1997-2013) for four periods based on PCV7 and PCV13 introductions. Relative rates (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated by age group and s

SUBMITTER: Wiese AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552045 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature