Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage in children with early onset of acute otitis media - a randomized controlled trial.

Summary, in English

Abstract Conclusion: Although children vaccinated with heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) had fewer episodes of acute otitis media (AOM), this trial was unable to prove a simultaneous decrease in nasopharyngeal carriage.

• Author: Marie Gisselsson-Solén; Gunnel Henriksson; Ann Hermansson; Åsa Melhus
• Department/s: Otorhinolaryngology (Lund); Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 7-13
• Publication/Series: Acta Oto-Laryngologica
• Volume: 135
• Issue: 1
• Full text: - 375 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496176?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016489.2014.950326
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Topic: Otorhinolaryngology
• Status: Published
• Research group: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1651-2251