Pediatria pre prax 2/2006
Pneumokokové infekce v dětském věku
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most often etiologic agent of common infections of the respiratory tract, but it also can induce severe invasive infection with mortality up to 23 %. However, the detection of invasive pneumococci is difficult and its resistance to common antibiotics increases. Conjugated sevenvalent vaccine is available to prevent from invasive pneumococcal infections of children from 2 months of age.
Keywords: Streptococcus pneumonie, pneumococcal invasive disease, childhood, vaccination, pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.
