Abstract

LAURANI, Hilda; LEIVAS, Julio; PALACIO, Rosario  and  PALMA, Maria Hortal. Pneumonia loading in hospitalized adults. Anfamed [online]. 2018, vol.5, n.2, pp.86-92. ISSN 2301-1254.  https://doi.org/10.25184/anfamed2018v5n2a3.

Pneumonia in adults poses severe health risks, but data on its burden still lacks in Latin American countries including Uruguay. To fill this gap preliminary information on hospitalized pneumonia incidence in adults was analyzed. A data base from a private medical institution enabled to estimate, pre and post pneumococcal conjugate vaccine incidences (105 person/year), by age groups. Out of 1 688 adults hospitalized due to pneumonia, the group aged >64 yers predominated. For the same age group, a significant difference (1.938 vs. 1.365) was observed on incidences before and after conjugate vaccine application in children. Although more robust information on adult pneumonia hospitalizations are required to confirm indirect vaccine effect, these data alert on pneumonia persistence which requires preventive measures.

Keywords : Pneumonia in Adults; Incidence; Streptoneumoniae.

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