Changes in the incidence of acute bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and the implications of serotype replacement in children in Colombia after mass vaccination with PCV10

• Main Authors: Juan David Farfán-Albarracín (Author), Germán Camacho-Moreno (Author), Aura Lucia Leal (Author), Jaime Patiño (Author), Wilfrido Coronell (Author), Iván Felipe Gutiérrez (Author), Sandra Beltrán (Author), Martha I. Álvarez-Olmos (Author), Cristina Mariño (Author), Rocio Barrero (Author), Juan Pablo Rojas (Author), Fabio Espinosa (Author), Catalina Arango-Ferreira (Author), Maria Alejandra Suarez (Author), Monica Trujillo (Author), Eduardo López-Medina (Author), Pio López (Author), Hernando Pinzón (Author), Nicolás Ramos (Author), Vivian Marcela Moreno (Author), Anita Montañez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionAcute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a public health problem. The disease has reemerged after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) due to an increase in serotypes that are not covered. The objective was to determine the changes in the disease incidence before and aft...