Epidemiology and Impact of Anti-Pneumococcal Vaccination and COVID-19 on Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in Piedmont, Italy.
Alessandro BondiEmanuele KoumantakisAntonio CurtoniAnna Maria BarbuiMarco PeradottoDaniela LombardiRoberto CasaleSilvia AlizziElisa ZanottoLorena CharrierRossana CavalloCristina CostaPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
In the Piedmont region, subsequently to the introduction of anti-pneumococcal vaccination, a significant increase in the risk of penicillin G-resistant invasive pneumococcal disease among infants and old population was reported. No significant impact was found for the SARS-CoV2 outbreak.