Session: Impact of Conjugate Vaccines on Bacterial Meningitis in the United States


Truman Wednesday, March 7, 2007: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
I5: Impact of Conjugate Vaccines on Bacterial Meningitis in the United States
Presenters in this workshop will discuss trends in bacterial meningitis caused by three pathogens—Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae—and the effect conjugate vaccines are having or potentially will have on this deadly syndrome.
Moderators:	Tom Clark Tamar Pilishvili
2:00 PM		Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM	71	Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) Invasive Disease in Children Younger than 5 Years of Age, United States, 2003-2005 Pamela Srivastava, Sandra W. Roush, Kashif Iqbal, Kimberly Cushing
2:20 PM	72	Burden of Meningococcal Disease in the United States Prior to Implementation of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, 2000-2004 Recorded presentation Presentation Kimberly Cushing, Amanda Cohn, Leonard Mayer, Kathryn Arnold, Joan Baumbach, Nancy Bennett, Allen Craig, Ken Gershman, Lee H. Harrison, James Hadler, Ruth Lynfield, Arthur Reingold, Ann Thomas, Thomas Clark
2:35 PM	73	Hospitalizations for Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Era of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Recorded presentation Presentation C. Jillian Tsai, Carlos G. Grijalva, J. Pekka Nuorti, Marie R. Griffin
2:50 PM		Discussion

Truman Wednesday, March 7, 2007: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM