2015
Increase of serotypes 15A and 23B in IPD in Germany in the PCV13 vaccination era
van der Linden M, Perniciaro S, Imöhl M. Increase of serotypes 15A and 23B in IPD in Germany in the PCV13 vaccination era. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15: 207. PMID: 25940580, PMCID: PMC4424534, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0941-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePenicillin non-susceptible isolatesNon-PCV13 serotypesNon-susceptible isolatesSerotype 15AVaccination periodSurveillance of IPDClonal complexesChildhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccinationGerman National Reference CenterEarly vaccination periodHigher-valent vaccinesPneumococcal conjugate vaccinationNational Reference CenterConclusionsThe prevalenceConjugate vaccinationSerotype 23BPneumococcal diseaseChildhood vaccinationVaccination eraSurveillance periodSerogroups 23BackgroundThis studyReference centerVaccination formulations
2013
Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 Isolates from IPD in Children and Adults in Germany
van der Linden M, Winkel N, Küntzel S, Farkas A, Perniciaro S, Reinert R, Imöhl M. Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 Isolates from IPD in Children and Adults in Germany. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e60848. PMID: 23593324, PMCID: PMC3621884, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseSerotypes 6BSerogroup 6 isolatesSerotypes 6ASerotype 6CChildhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccinationSerotype 6DPneumococcal conjugate vaccinationPneumococcal conjugate vaccineLow resistance ratesSerotype 6C isolatesConjugate vaccinationPCV periodPCV7 vaccinationPneumococcal diseaseConjugate vaccineMultilocus sequence typingChildhood vaccinationResistance ratesVaccinationPrevalenceSequence typingStatistical significanceAntibiotic resistanceSerotype 6D.