Prevalence of penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in day-care centres subjected to an intervention to prevent dispersion.
Ahl, Jonas LU ; Melander, Eva LU ; Odenholt, Inga LU ; Tvetman, Lisa ; Thörnblad, Tora ; Riesbeck, Kristian LU
and Ringberg, Håkan
LU
(2015)
In Infectious Diseases
47(5).
p.338-344
- Abstract
- Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the day-care interventions implemented in southern Sweden to restrict the dispersion of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci with a minimum inhibitory concentration of penicillin G of at least 0.5 mg/l (PNSP0.5). Methods: A retrospective epidemiological study was performed and data from 109 day-care centre interventions from 2000 to 2010 were analysed, including screening results from 7157 individuals. Results: It was found that 42% of the children were carriers of pneumococci and 5% of the screened children were PNSP0.5 carriers. Very few personnel were PNSP0.5 carriers and they were carriers for only a short time. Significantly more contact cases with the same serogroup as the index... (More)
- Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the day-care interventions implemented in southern Sweden to restrict the dispersion of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci with a minimum inhibitory concentration of penicillin G of at least 0.5 mg/l (PNSP0.5). Methods: A retrospective epidemiological study was performed and data from 109 day-care centre interventions from 2000 to 2010 were analysed, including screening results from 7157 individuals. Results: It was found that 42% of the children were carriers of pneumococci and 5% of the screened children were PNSP0.5 carriers. Very few personnel were PNSP0.5 carriers and they were carriers for only a short time. Significantly more contact cases with the same serogroup as the index case were found in the first screening and in the same department as the index case, but a substantial number of contact cases were found in adjacent departments. Conclusions: Screening of personnel is not worth the effort. Based on our results, procedures to restrict dispersion of PNSP0.5 in day-care centres could be improved. To find the majority of contact cases with PNSP0.5 an early screening including adjacent departments seems to be the best approach. (Less)
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- Ahl, Jonas
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; Melander, Eva
LU
; Odenholt, Inga
LU
; Tvetman, Lisa
; Thörnblad, Tora
; Riesbeck, Kristian
LU
and Ringberg, Håkan
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- 338 - 344
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- Informa Healthcare
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- pmid:25746603
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- 2374-4243
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- 10.3109/00365548.2014.994559
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- English
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