The Impact of Pneumococcal Vaccination on Bacterial and Viral Pneumonia in Western Australian Children: Record Linkage Cohort Study of 469589 Births, 1996–2012

摘要

Aboriginal children experience pneumonia hospitalization rates 7 times higher than non-Aboriginal children. Seventy-three percent of all pathogens identified in children hospitalized with pneumonia were viruses. All-cause pneumonia hospitalizations declined in the pneumococcal vaccination era, including notable declines in viral pneumonia.