Table 2.
Distribution of capsular types among 121 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered from the nasopharynx of children living in a large metropolitan area in Southeastern Brazil
|
Day care center (n=61) |
Pediatric hospital (n=60) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Serotypes | No. (%) | Serotypes | No. (%) |
| 6B |
14 (23.0) |
19F |
13 (21.7) |
| 15C |
8 (13.1) |
6A |
8 (13.3) |
| 17F |
6 (9.8) |
14 |
7 (11.7) |
| 6A |
4 (6.6) |
23F |
7 (11.7) |
| 11A |
4 (6.6) |
6B |
5 (8.3) |
| 14 |
4 (6.6) |
16F |
4 (6.7) |
| 6C |
3 (4.9) |
10A |
2 (3.3) |
| 19A |
3 (4.9) |
15C |
2 (3.3) |
| 23B |
3 (4.9) |
23A |
2 (3.3) |
| 15A |
2 (3.3) |
Othersb |
9 (15.0) |
| 19F |
2 (3.3) |
NT |
1 (1.7) |
| Othersa |
5 (8.2) |
|
|
| NT | 3 (4.9) | ||
aserotypes 3, 18B, 23A, 29 and 34.
bserotypes 4, 9N, 6C, 12F, 18C, 19A, 34, 35B and 39.
NT non-typeable.