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. 2012 May 28;12:124. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-124

Table 4.

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates from acute otitis media and nasopharyngeal - healthy and sick children

Country [Reference]
Year of isolate
Serotype 19A
Total
    n % n
Acute Otitis Media
Brazil [35]
1990–1995
6
12.5
48
Colombia [36]
2008–2009
1
2.8
36
Costa Rica [37]
1992–2007
2
0.6
346
Mexico [38]
1995–2000
5
16.7
30
Total
 
11
2.4
460
Nasopharyngeal isolates - Healthy children
Argentina [39]
2000–2007
27
3.7
728
Brazil [40]
1998
1
0.7
135
Brazil [41]
2000
10
4.5
222
Brazil [42]
2000–2001
1
3.0
33
Brazil [43]
2005
21
6.3
332
Chile [44]
1994–1999
0
0.0
68
Chile [45]
1994–1995
5
10.0
50
Chile [46]
2001–2003
16
2.2
714
Colombia [47]
2009
6
3.5
170
Mexico [48]
1994
4
6.2
65
Mexico [38]
1997–2000
6
3.5
173
Mexico [49]
2002
50
6.0
829
Mexico [50]
2002–2003
0
0.0
122
Mexico [51]
2006
19
10.8
176
Panama [52]
2008
2
1.2
163
Peru [53]
2000
3
2.1
146
Uruguay [54]
1993–1995
3
4.1
74
Venezuela [55]
2004–2005
5
4.1
122
Venezuela [56]
2008
1
1.7
58
Total
 
180
4.1
4380
Nasopharyngeal isolates - Sick children
Brazil [57]
1997
3
1.9
162
Brazil [58]
2002–2003
1
8.3
12
Brazil [59]
2009
7
9.9
71
Mexico [48]
1994
5
7.2
69
Uruguay [54]
1993–1995
0
0.0
21
Venezuela [60]
2000
0
0.0
27
Total   16 4.4 362