Prevalence, Clinical Severity, and Serotype Distribution of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Tennessee and Georgia, 2018-2022.
Wesley H SelfKelly D JohnsonJ Jackson ResserCynthia G WhitneyAdrienne BaughmanMai KioCarlos G GrijalvaJessica TraenknerJakea JohnsonKaren F MillerChristina A RostadInci YildirimLuis SalazarRalph TaniosSydney A SwanYuwei ZhuJin H HanThomas WeissCraig RobertsNadine Rouphaelnull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Approximately 12% of adults hospitalized with CAP had S. pneumoniae detected, and approximately one-third of the detected pneumococcal serotypes were not contained in PCV15 or PCV20. Development of new pneumococcal vaccines with expanded serotype coverage has the potential to prevent a substantial burden of disease.