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- Title
Increasing incidence of empyema complicating childhood community-acquired pneumonia in the United States.
- Authors
Grijalva, Carlos G; Nuorti, J Pekka; Zhu, Yuwei; Griffin, Marie R
- Abstract
The incidence of childhood pneumonia decreased following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in the United States. Recent regional reports suggest an increase in the incidence of childhood pneumonia complicated by empyema. We assessed whether early decreases in pneumonia hospitalization rates were sustained and trends in such hospitalizations complicated by empyema in United States children aged <5 years.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2010, Vol 50, Issue 6, p805
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/650573