Daniel Ansong,
Poster Author Of 1 e-Poster
HIGH BURDEN OF PNEUMONIA IN YOUNG CHILDREN PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE
Author Of 3 Presentations
NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL DETECTS STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND VIRAL COINFECTION AMONG SUSPECTED MENINGITIS CASES. (ID 1114)
- Dam Khan, Gambia
- Brenda Kwambana-Adams, United Kingdom
- Jie Liu,
- Catherine Okoi,
- Jason Mwenda,
- Nuredin I. Mohammed,
- Enyonam Tsolenyanu, Togo
- Lorna A. Renner,
- Daniel Ansong,
- Beckie N. Tagbo,
- M F. Bashir,
- Mamadou H. Korma,
- Mohamadou Sonko,
- Jean Gratz,
- Archibald Worwui,
- Peter S. Ndow,
- Adam L. Cohen, Switzerland
- Fatima SERHAN, Switzerland
- Richard Mihigo,
- Martin Antonio, Gambia
- Eric Houpt,
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ASSOCIATED WITH PAEDIATRIC MENINGITIS IN PRE- AND POST-PCV-INTRODUCTION WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA (ID 958)
- Madikay Senghore, United States of America
- Peggy-Estelle Tientcheu,
- Archibald Worwui,
- Sheikh Jarju,
- Catherine Okoi,
- Sambou Susso,
- Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,
- Chinelo Ebruke,
- Mohamadou Sonko,
- Mamadou H. Korma,
- Joseph Agossou,
- Enyonam Tsolenyanu, Togo
- Lorna A. Renner,
- Daniel Ansong,
- Bakary Sanneh,
- Cho n'din catherine Boni, Côte d'Ivoire
- BOULA A. Yvette, Cameroon
- Berthe Miwanda,
- Stephanie Lo, United Kingdom
- Rebecca Gladstone, Norway
- Stephanie Schwartz,
- Paulina A. Hawkins, Brazil
- Lesley McGee, United States of America
- Keith P. Klugman, United States of America
- Robert F. Breiman, United States of America
- Stephen D. Bentley, United Kingdom
- Jason M. M. Mwenda, Congo
- Brenda Kwambana-Adams, United Kingdom
- Martin Antonio, Gambia
HIGH BURDEN OF PNEUMONIA IN YOUNG CHILDREN PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (ID 1118)
Abstract
Background
Pneumonia in children remains a public health problem and a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in young children worldwide especially in low resource countries. In Ghana, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was added to the expanded program on immunisation in May 2012. Despite this, pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospital admissions in young children.
Methods
We prospectively recorded cases of pneumonia in an electronic database of children admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from September 2018 to April 2019. Data was then analysed with STATA version 16.
Results
During the 8-month period, 174 children were admitted with pneumonia to the unit, 96% (n=166) were younger than 5years of age and 48% (n=84) were below age 12 months. In all 93.6% (n=163) of cases had received at least two doses of PCV. However, ninety four percent of cases (n=164) presented with severe pneumonia,19% (n=33) were hypoxic at presentation, and 16% (n=29) died from complications of pneumonia
Conclusions
Despite high PCV coverage, pneumonia remains an important cause of admission with a significant number presenting with severe pneumonia and death.