Impact of preceding flu-like illness on the serotype distribution of pneumococcal pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even though the pathogenicity and invasiveness of pneumococcus largely depend on capsular types, the impact of serotypes on post-viral pneumococcal pneumonia is unknown.

Methods and findings

This study was performed to evaluate the impact of capsular serotypes on the development of pneumococcal pneumonia after preceding respiratory viral infections. Patients with a diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia were identified. Pneumonia patients were divided into two groups (post-viral pneumococcal pneumonia versus primary pneumococcal pneumonia), and then their pneumococcal serotypes were compared. Nine hundred and nineteen patients with pneumococcal pneumonia were identified during the study period, including 327 (35.6%) cases with post-viral pneumococcal pneumonia and 59

SUBMITTER: Song JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3972234 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature