[Incidence and lethality of invasive pneumococcal disease in Tarragona, Spain, 2006-2009]

Autor: Ángel, Vila-Córcoles, Elisabet, Salsench-Serrano, Olga, Ochoa-Gondar, Carlos, Aguirre-Chavarría, Jesús, Utrera-Aponte, Jorge, Guzmán-Ávalos
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica. 33(3)
ISSN: 1578-1852
Popis: An epidemiological study was conducted on all cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) diagnosed in Tarragona, Spain, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2009. A total of 286 IPD cases were observed, which was an overall incidence of 21.2 episodes per 100,000 persons-year (95% CI: 16.6-26.9). Incidence rates were 26.3/100,000 (95% CI: 14.4-44.3) among children, 12.2/100,000 (95% CI: 8.2-17.6) among patients between 15-64 years and 59.6/100,000 (95% CI: 40.0-85.8) in those ≥65 years. Overall lethality rate was 7.3% (none in children, 3.4% among patients 15-64 years, and 14.8% among patients ≥65 years; p0.001).
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