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- Invasive pneumococcal disease usually affects immunocompromised patients, but nonvaccine strains can also impact healthy individuals.
- A case study discusses a 16-month-old immunocompetent child who developed lung abscess and empyema due to serotype 24B.
- This is the first documented instance highlighting the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease from serotype 24B in an otherwise healthy child.
Article Abstract
Invasive pneumococcal disease typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, although some vaccine strains of have been reported to cause invasive pneumococcal disease in immunocompetent vaccine recipients. In this study, we presented a case of a 16-month-old immunocompetent patient with lung abscess and empyema caused by nonvaccine serotype 24B. A consolidation occupying the right upper lobe in the chest computed tomography results, as observed at presentation, changed to thick-walled cavitary lesions at the end of a month of intravenous antibiotics, and antibiotics were continued for a total of two months. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report that focuses on the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by serotype 24B in an immunocompetent child.
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