Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in children with sickle cell disease.

Autor: Ellison AM; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. ellisona@email.chop.edu, Ota KV, McGowan KL, Smith-Whitley K
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2013 May; Vol. 32 (5), pp. 560-3.
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318286c75b
Abstrakt: The incidence of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in the sickle cell disease population has declined. In this report, we determine the predominant organisms responsible for bloodstream infections in a pediatric sickle cell disease population during the postheptavalent conjugate vaccine era. Central venous access device associated infections are a new burden to efforts aimed at preventing bloodstream infections in this population.
Databáze: MEDLINE