Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009
An increase in the incidence of empyema worldwide could be related to invasive pneumococcal disease caused by emergent nonvaccine replacement serotypes. To determine bacterial pathogens and pneumococcal serotypes that cause empyema in children in Australia, we conducted a 2-year study of 174 childre...
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doaj-f16c4d46bdb04b54a527739b69d4afa32020-11-25T01:04:26ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592011-10-0117101839184510.3201/eid1710.101825Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009Roxanne E. StrachanAnita CorneliusGwendolyn L. GilbertTanya GulliverAndrew MartinTim McDonaldGillian M. NixonRob RosebySarath RanganathanHiran SelvaduraiGreg SmithManuel Soto-MartinezSadasivam SureshLaurel TeohKiran ThapaClaire E. WainwrightAdam JafféAn increase in the incidence of empyema worldwide could be related to invasive pneumococcal disease caused by emergent nonvaccine replacement serotypes. To determine bacterial pathogens and pneumococcal serotypes that cause empyema in children in Australia, we conducted a 2-year study of 174 children with empyema. Blood and pleural fluid samples were cultured, and pleural fluid was tested by PCR. Thirty-two (21.0%) of 152 blood and 53 (33.1%) of 160 pleural fluid cultures were positive for bacteria; Streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common organism identified. PCR identified S. pneumoniae in 74 (51.7%) and other bacteria in 19 (13.1%) of 145 pleural fluid specimens. Of 53 samples in which S. pneumoniae serotypes were identified, 2 (3.8%) had vaccine-related and 51 (96.2%) had nonvaccine serotypes; 19A (n = 20; 36.4%), 3 (n = 18; 32.7%), and 1 (n = 8; 14.5%) were the most common. High proportions of nonvaccine serotypes suggest the need to broaden vaccine coverage.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/10-1825_articleStreptococcus pneumoniaeempyemachildbacteriapolymerase chain reactionAustralia |
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Roxanne E. Strachan Anita Cornelius Gwendolyn L. Gilbert Tanya Gulliver Andrew Martin Tim McDonald Gillian M. Nixon Rob Roseby Sarath Ranganathan Hiran Selvadurai Greg Smith Manuel Soto-Martinez Sadasivam Suresh Laurel Teoh Kiran Thapa Claire E. Wainwright Adam Jaffé |
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Roxanne E. Strachan Anita Cornelius Gwendolyn L. Gilbert Tanya Gulliver Andrew Martin Tim McDonald Gillian M. Nixon Rob Roseby Sarath Ranganathan Hiran Selvadurai Greg Smith Manuel Soto-Martinez Sadasivam Suresh Laurel Teoh Kiran Thapa Claire E. Wainwright Adam Jaffé Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 Emerging Infectious Diseases Streptococcus pneumoniae empyema child bacteria polymerase chain reaction Australia |
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Roxanne E. Strachan Anita Cornelius Gwendolyn L. Gilbert Tanya Gulliver Andrew Martin Tim McDonald Gillian M. Nixon Rob Roseby Sarath Ranganathan Hiran Selvadurai Greg Smith Manuel Soto-Martinez Sadasivam Suresh Laurel Teoh Kiran Thapa Claire E. Wainwright Adam Jaffé |
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Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 |
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Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 |
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Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 |
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Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 |
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Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009 |
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bacterial causes of empyema in children, australia, 2007–2009 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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1080-6040 1080-6059 |
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2011-10-01 |
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An increase in the incidence of empyema worldwide could be related to invasive pneumococcal disease caused by emergent nonvaccine replacement serotypes. To determine bacterial pathogens and pneumococcal serotypes that cause empyema in children in Australia, we conducted a 2-year study of 174 children with empyema. Blood and pleural fluid samples were cultured, and pleural fluid was tested by PCR. Thirty-two (21.0%) of 152 blood and 53 (33.1%) of 160 pleural fluid cultures were positive for bacteria; Streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common organism identified. PCR identified S. pneumoniae in 74 (51.7%) and other bacteria in 19 (13.1%) of 145 pleural fluid specimens. Of 53 samples in which S. pneumoniae serotypes were identified, 2 (3.8%) had vaccine-related and 51 (96.2%) had nonvaccine serotypes; 19A (n = 20; 36.4%), 3 (n = 18; 32.7%), and 1 (n = 8; 14.5%) were the most common. High proportions of nonvaccine serotypes suggest the need to broaden vaccine coverage. |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae empyema child bacteria polymerase chain reaction Australia |
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