2024
Long-term surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease: The impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Brazil
Reis J, Azevedo J, de Oliveira A, de Oliveira Menezes A, Pedrosa M, dos Santos M, Ribeiro L, de Freitas H, Gouveia E, Teles M, da Glória Carvalho M, Reis M, Nascimento-Carvalho C, Verani J. Long-term surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease: The impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Brazil. Vaccine 2024, 42: 591-597. PMID: 38184393, PMCID: PMC10872423, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.12.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosInvasive pneumococcal diseaseLower-middle-income settingsPCV10 introductionInvasive pneumococcal disease incidenceProspective laboratory-based surveillanceNational infant immunization programsPre-PCV10 periodNon-vaccine serotypesRate ratiosInfant immunization programIncidence ratePneumococcal conjugate vaccineLaboratory-based surveillanceIPD incidenceImpact of PCV10Multiplex polymerase chain reactionMetropolitan region of SalvadorCompare ratesPCV10 serotypesLong-term impactSterile sitesQuellung reactionSerotype 15BVaccine-type
2019
Bloodstream infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological features
Leal H, Azevedo J, Silva G, Amorim A, de Roma L, Arraes A, Gouveia E, Reis M, Mendes A, de Oliveira Silva M, Barberino M, Martins I, Reis J. Bloodstream infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological features. BMC Infectious Diseases 2019, 19: 609. PMID: 31296179, PMCID: PMC6624930, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4265-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsK. pneumoniaePrevious antimicrobial useLaboratory-based surveillanceAntimicrobial susceptibility testingMDR bacteremiaMDR-GNBDrug-resistant pathogensNegative bacteremiaLiver diseaseBloodstream infectionsHigh morbidityMale sexRisk factorsEpidemiological aspectsNegative bacilliHealthcare professionalsMicrobiological featuresSusceptibility testingBacteremiaInfectionAntimicrobial useCausative agentAntibiotic resistanceIntervention measuresResistance determinants