Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021
Research
Hospitalization for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Young Children before Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Suzhou, China
Kaile Chen, Xiyan Zhang, Yunzhen Tao, Yunzhong Wang, Jian Xue, Changpeng Liu, Shuang Feng, Yongdong Yan, Qinghui Chen, Jianmei Tian, Genming Zhao, Xuejun Shao
, and Tao Zhang
, and Tao Zhang
Table 1
Characteristics of children with invasive pneumococcal diseases, Suzhou, China, 2010–2017
| Characteristic | Age group, no. (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 y | 1–<2 y | 2–<5 y | Total | |
| Total |
31 (100.0) |
17 (100.0) |
57 (100.0) |
105 (100.0) |
| Sex | ||||
| M | 17 (54.8) | 10 (58.8) | 33 (57.9) | 60 (57.1) |
| F |
14 (45.2) |
7 (41.2) |
24 (42.1) |
45 (42.9) |
| Year | ||||
| 2010 | 5 (16.1) | 1 (5.9) | 4 (7.0) | 10 (9.5) |
| 2011 | 4 (12.9) | 4 (23.5) | 3 (5.3) | 11 (10.5) |
| 2012 | 4 (12.9) | 1 (5.9) | 5 (8.8) | 10 (9.5) |
| 2013 | 5 (16.1) | 4 (23.5) | 4 (7.0) | 13 (12.4) |
| 2014 | 4 (12.9) | 4 (23.5) | 9 (15.8) | 17 (16.2) |
| 2015 | 5 (16.1) | 1 (5.9) | 12 (21.1) | 18 (17.1) |
| 2016 | 2 (6.5) | 1 (5.9) | 6 (10.5) | 9 (8.6) |
| 2017 |
2 (6.5) |
1 (5.9) |
14 (24.6) |
17 (16.2) |
| Primary discharge diagnosis | ||||
| Meningitis | 16 (51.6) | 4 (23.5) | 13 (22.8) | 33 (31.4) |
| Pneumonia | 7 (22.6) | 3 (17.6) | 20 (35.1) | 30 (28.6) |
| Sepsis | 6 (19.4) | 6 (35.3) | 10 (17.5) | 22 (21.0) |
| Upper respiratory infection | 1 (3.2) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (1.8) | 3 (2.9) |
| Bronchitis | 0 | 1 (5.9) | 1 (1.8) | 2 (1.9) |
| Other* | 1 (3.2) | 2 (11.8) | 12 (21.1) | 15 (14.3) |
*Other conditions: leukemia (6 cases), anemia (1 case), endocarditis (2 cases), arrhythmia (2 cases), acute otitis media (1 case), jaundice (1 case), acute gastritis (1 case), and psoas abscess (1 case).
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