Xue Ning, Lianmei Li, Jing Liu, Fang Wang, Kun Tan, Wenhui Li, Kai Zhou, Shujun Jing, Aiwei Lin, Jing Bi, Shiyong Zhao, Huiling Deng, Chunhui Zhu, Shanshan Lv, Juan Li, Jun Liang, Qing Zhao, Yumin Wang, Biquan Chen, Liang Zhu, Guowu Shen, Jianlong Liu, Zhi Li, Jikui Deng, Xin Zhao, Mingfeng Shan, Yi Wang, Shihua Liu, Tingting Jiang, Xuexia Chen, Yufeng Zhang, Sha Cai, Lixue Wang, Xudong Lu, Jinghui Jiang, Fang Dong, Lan Ye, Jing Sun, Kaihu Yao, Yonghong Yang, Gang Liu
This study aimed to provide data for the clinical features of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and the molecular characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from pediatric patients in China. We conducted a multi-center prospective study for IPD in 19 hospitals across China from January 2019 to December 2021. Data of demographic characteristics, risk factors for IPD, death, and disability was collected and analyzed. Serotypes, antibiotic susceptibility, and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of pneumococcal isolates were also detected...
April 22, 2024: Emerging Microbes & Infections