Pneumonia Burden in Hospitalized Adults
Abstract
Pneumonia in adults poses severe health risks, but data on its burden still lacks in Latin American countries including Uruguay. To fi ll 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 signifi cant diff erence (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 confi rm indirect vaccine eff ect, these data alert on pneumonia persistence which requires preventive measures.
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