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High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

Authored by:

Conklin, L.M., Bigogo, G., Jagero, G., et al

Full Citation:

Conklin, L.M., Bigogo, G., Jagero, G., et al 2016. High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. BMC Infectious Disease. 16(18).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Those with HIV are at an increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Key Evidence: Among both HIV positive and HIV negative parents in a study in Kenya, 99% of pneumococcal strains found and tested were resistant to one or more antibiotics. HIV positive parents carried 16% more strains that were resistant to penicillin than those carried by HIV negative parents.

Antibiotic-resistant strains of disease-causing bacteria are a serious problem among HIV positive people.