March 2007. Volume 3. Number 1

In infants with acute otitis media the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine decreases within a short time the nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci and the penicillin resistance

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cohen R, Levy C, de la Rocque F, Gelbert N, Wollner A, Fritzell B, et al. Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and of reduction of antibiotic use on nasopharyngeal carriage of nonsusceptible pneumococci in children with acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006;25:1001-7
Reviewers: Ochoa Sangrador C1, Orejón de Luna G2.
1Servicio de Pediatrí­a. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
2CS General Ricardos. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Reception date: 09/02/2007
Acceptance date: 12/02/2007
Publication date: 01/03/2007

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How to cite this article

Ochoa Sangrador C, Orejón de Luna G. En lactantes con otitis media aguda la vacunación antineumocócica heptavalente, disminuye a corto plazo la colonización faríngea por neumococo y su resistencia a penicilina. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:3.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Cohen R, Levy C, de la Rocque F, Gelbert N, Wollner A, Fritzell B, et al. Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and of reduction of antibiotic use on nasopharyngeal carriage of nonsusceptible pneumococci in children with acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006;25:1001-7
Reviewers: Ochoa Sangrador C1, Orejón de Luna G2.
1Servicio de Pediatrí­a. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
2CS General Ricardos. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Reception date: 09/02/2007
Acceptance date: 12/02/2007
Publication date: 01/03/2007

How to cite this article

Ochoa Sangrador C, Orejón de Luna G. En lactantes con otitis media aguda la vacunación antineumocócica heptavalente, disminuye a corto plazo la colonización faríngea por neumococo y su resistencia a penicilina. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:3.

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  2. Belongia EA, Sullivan BJ, Chyou PH, Magadame E., Reed KD. Schwartz B. A community intervention trial to promote judicious antibiotic use and reduce penicilin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in children. Pediatrics. 2001;108:575-83.
  3. Farrell DJ, Klugman K, Pichichero M. Increased antimicrobial resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pediatric population after the introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine in the United States. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26:123-8.
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