Differential Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Hospitalized <i>Versus</i> Outpatient Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia in Children Younger Than 5 Years Suggests Differences in Pathogenesis
The marked divergence in PCV impact between hospitalized and outpatient episodes is intriguing, but consistent with previous studies suggesting that hospitalized CAAP was associated with a lower proportion of PCV13 serotypes, in conjunction with viral-bacterial (mostly RSV-pneumococcus) coinfections.
Authors
- Guy Hazan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-6262)
- Bart Adriaan van der Beek
- Ron Dagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-1046)
- David Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-1410)
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Soroka Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf710
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00