Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2018; 20(2):156-160
To evaluate epidemiological efficacy of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV10) as assessed by the number of episodes of respiratory tract and ENT diseases and by the number of antibiotic courses prescribed for those diseases in children under 5 years of age in Barnaul.
At the end of 2016, a total of 312 children under 60 months of age were enrolled into a retrospective cohort epidemiological study and divided into 2 cohorts (156 children each). The first cohort consisted of the children who received at least 2 doses of PCV10; the second cohort consisted of the age-matched children who didn’t receive any pneumococcal vaccines. Reporting and assessment of any episodes of acute respiratory diseases, rhinitis, tonsillitis, adenoiditis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, acute otitis media, and sinusitis as well as any antibiotic courses administered for those conditions were performed in the both cohorts by a review of the children’s medical records. The quartile method was used to assess data distribution. The differences in the incidence of respiratory tract and ENT diseases and antibiotic consumption between the two cohorts were assessed using chi-square test.
Comparative analysis of morbidity and incidence of antibiotic prescriptions showed significant differences between vaccinated and non-vaccinated children (p<0.05). The PCV10 efficacy as assessed by reduction in the number of antibiotic courses was 52.7% (95% CI: 43.7-61.6) and reduction in the incidence of the respiratory tract and ENT diseases was 34.1% (95% CI: 31.1-37.0).
The use of PCV10 in children is associated with reduced incidence of respiratory tract and ENT diseases and reduced antibiotic consumption administered for those diseases.