Epidemiologic and Microbiologic Characteristics of Occult Bacteremia Among Febrile Children in Southern Israel, Before and After Initiation of the Routine Antipneumococcal Immunization (2005-2012)

• Main Authors: Haya Ribitzky-Eisner (Author), Yitamar Minuhin (Author), David Greenberg (Author), Ninel Greenberg (Author), Gabriel Chodick (Author), Mihai Craiu (Author), Eugene Leibovitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Little is known about the incidence and dynamics of occult bacteremia (OB) among infants/young children following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) into the national immunization program in Israel in 2009-2010. The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiologic and...