Complicated pneumococcal pneumonia with pleural effusion or empyema in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era.
Alvaro Díaz-ConradiSergi HernándezJuan José García-GarcíaCarmen Muñoz-AlmagroFernando Moraga-LlopPilar CiruelaConchita IzquierdoMagda CampinsMariona F de SevillaSebastià González-PerisSonia UrionaJohanna Martínez-OsorioAnna Solé-RibaltaGemma CodinaCristina EstevaAna María PlanesNuria SoldevilaLuis SallerasAngela DomínguezPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2019)
A directly proportional relationship was observed between the reduction in pneumonia complicated with PE or empyema and a significant reduction in PCV13 serotypes, especially serotype 1, coinciding with increased PCV13 coverage.