Invasive pneumococcal infection due to serotype 15A after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation in Turkey

• Main Authors: Ayşe Büyükcam (Author), Hüseyin Güdücüoğlu (Author), Kamuran Karaman (Author), Venhar Gürbüz (Author), Emil Aliyev (Author), Ateş Kara (Author), Mehmet Ceyhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Invasive pneumococcal infections among children are a serious public health problem in many countries, including Turkey. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been included in Turkey's National Immunization Programme since 2009. We report the first two pediatric cases of invasive pneumococcal infe...