12 years active surveillance for pediatric pleural empyema in a Mexican hospital: effectiveness of pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, and early emergence of methicillin-resistant .

Background: Previous publications have proved the effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal pleural empyema (PnPE) in children, with little emergence of other pathogens. We searched the literature to establish whether PCV13 reduces PnPE, and to identify other pathogens causing pleural empyemas (PEs).

Material And Methods: From October 2005 to January 2018 (12.

Pediatric meningitis due to and Group B Streptococcus in Tijuana, Mexico: active/prospective surveillance, 2005-2018.

Introduction: In Mexico, is considered to be a rare cause of bacterial meningitis (BM), however, one national publication using active surveillance has suggested the opposite. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is also considered to be infrequent in young infants as a cause of BM in central Mexico. vaccination using the 13-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV13) started in our region in May 2012.

Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent Conjunctivitis/Sepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of in Mother's Vagina and Both Parents' Nasopharynx.

Neonatal conjunctivitis is usually associated with vagina's infection by sp., , and/or other bacteria during delivery. Meningococcal neonatal conjunctivitis is an extremely rare disease.