TABLE 2.
Nasopharyngeal PspA clades by clinical status of 183 children
| PspA typing | Clade | No. (%) of isolates from children with the following clinical status:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy children (n = 97) | RTIa (n = 48) | Pneumonia (n = 33) | Meningitis (n = 5) | ||
| Family 1 (n = 65) | 1 | 17 (17.5) | 11 (22.9) | 8 (24.2) | 2 (40.0) |
| 2 | 12 (12.4) | 7 (14.9) | 7 (21.2) | 1 (20.0) | |
| Family 2 (n = 81) | 3 | 17 (17.5) | 17 (35.4) | 6 (18.2) | 1 (20.0) |
| 4 | 20 (20.6) | 9 (18.8) | 6 (18.2) | 1 (20.0) | |
| 5 | 3 (3.1) | 1 (3.0) | |||
| NTb (n = 37) | 28 (28.9) | 4 (8.3) | 5 (15.2) | ||
a
RTI, respiratory tract infection.
b
NT, nontypeable PspA.