PERCH Conference Presentations

International Symp​o​sium​​ on Pneumococci and Pneumococc​al Diseases (ISPPD) 2018

• Pneumococcal findings in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study

International Symp​o​sium​​ on Pneumococci and Pneumococc​al Diseases (ISPPD) 2016

• Pilot evaluation of a quantitative serotype-specific urine antigen detection test (SS-UAD) to identify pneumococcal pneumonia in children <5 years
• Serotyping of pneumococcus from nasopharyngeal STGG specimens for the PERCH study using culture-based and direct microarray techniques
• Carriage of pneumococcal serotypes and association with radiographic pneumonia in young children in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) study
• Ecological evidence of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) impact on suspected pneumococcal pneumonia in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study
• C-reactive protein (CRP) in bacterial versus non-bacterial pneumonia in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study
• C-reactive protein (CRP) plus nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal and whole blood pneumococcal PCR density to differentiate pneumococcal from non-pneumococcal pneumonia in children in the 7-country Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health case-control study
• Evaluation of WHO recommendations for care of chest-indrawing pneumonia using Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) study findings
• Association of malaria infection with pneumococcus among children with pneumonia in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) study
• Association between malnutrition and pneumococcal pneumonia in the PERCH study
• Association between rhinovirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae among cases and controls in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) study: a preliminary analysis
• Digitally recorded lung sounds in cases and controls compared to standard lung auscultation in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) study
• Diagnosing suspected radiographic pneumococcal disease in children with clinical pneumonia using digitally recorded lung sounds: a PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health) substudy
• Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD4WHOKids) for WHO Chest X-Ray Primary End-point Pneumonia in Children
• Chest X-ray Findings in Children Hospitalized with WHO Defined Severe Pneumonia in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in the Era of Bacterial Conjugate Vaccines
• Are Chest X-ray Patterns Associated with Clinical Parameters and Acute Phase Reactants in HIV-infected, HIV-Exposed- Uninfected and HIV-Unexposed Children Hospitalized with WHO Defined Severe Pneumonia?

RSV 16 Symposium

• RSV A/B Among Hospitalized Children 1-59 months of age in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study by Kate O’Brien