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. 1995 Oct;33(10):2789–2791. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.10.2789-2791.1995

Distribution of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from invasive infections over a 16-year period in the greater São Paulo area, Brazil.

M C Brandileone 1, V S Vieira 1, R C Zanella 1, I M Landgraf 1, C E Melles 1, A Taunay 1, J C de Moraes 1, R Austrian 1
PMCID: PMC228579  PMID: 8567929

Abstract

Capsular types of pneumococci from normally sterile body sites of 1,622 patients in Brazil were analyzed. Of 1,477 isolates from cerebrospinal fluid, 76.1% were of types represented in the currently available pneumococcal vaccine. The importance of age, time, and place in determining the optimal formulation of pneumococcal vaccine is considered.

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