Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Tasmania, 1994−2000

Abstract

The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease was comparable to many urban populations in Australia. The high rate of predisposing conditions supports the recommendations of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation for targeted immunization in this group. The paucity of data describing Indigenous status is an argument for improved data collection in this area. The low level of penicillin resistance necessitates ongoing surveillance, and the lack of serotype information requires prospective data collection.

Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: A hospital‐based study from Malaysia

“…The most common type of IPD in this study population was pneumonia, similar to observation from Greece 12 . However, studies from Canada, 1 Tasmania 11 and Sydney 13 showed that BWF was the most common type of IPD. These differences persisted even if the probable cases of pneumococcal pneumonia were excluded from the present study.…”

“…Observations from this hospital‐based study are very similar to reports from Costa Rica and Tasmania 2,11 . IPD is predominantly a disease of young children, affecting mainly children younger than 5 years of age.…”

“…As noted in the present study, complications attributed to IPD most commonly encountered in young children 1,2,11 . Low fatality rates were reported in developed countries, such as Sydney (1%), 13 Canada (2%) 1 and Tasmania (3%) 11 . Similarly no deaths attributed to IPD were observed in our series.…”

“…In the Costa Rican series, nearly half of the patients had an underlying disease and that among those patients who died; almost 70% had at least one the risk factors 2 . In Canada and Tasmania, underlying diseases were identified in 16% and 34%, respectively 1,11 …”

Invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Ireland—the anticipated benefit of conjugate pneumococcal vaccination

“…Age distribution, disease types, predisposing conditions and complications are similar to figures reported in other studies [20,21]. There were several complications related to IPD, which required surgical intervention.…”