Table 1.
Carriage status of Streptococcus pneumoniae among 582 children during a 1-year longitudinal nasal carriage study
| Carriage Frequency |
No. (%) of Children Colonized |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | No. of children | Total (n = 582) | Kindergarten (n = 165) | Elementary school (n = 417) | p |
| ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 3 (0.5) | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0225 |
| ● | ● | ● | – | 6 | 25 (4.3) | 17 (10.3) | 8 (1.9) | <0.0001 |
| ● | ● | – | ● | 7 | ||||
| ● | – | ● | ● | 2 | ||||
| – | ● | ● | ● | 10 | ||||
| ● | ● | – | – | 13 | 69 (11.9) | 38 (23.0) | 31 (7.4) | <0.0001 |
| ● | – | ● | – | 12 | ||||
| ● | – | – | ● | 10 | ||||
| – | ● | ● | – | 15 | ||||
| – | ● | – | ● | 7 | ||||
| – | – | ● | ● | 12 | ||||
| ● | – | – | – | 47 | 167 (28.7) | 51 (30.9) | 116 (27.8) | 0.4774 |
| – | ● | – | – | 31 | ||||
| – | – | ● | – | 55 | ||||
| – | – | – | ● | 34 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | 318 | 318 (54.6) | 56 (33.9) | 262 (62.8) | <0.0001 |
Data are presented as n (%).
“●” = Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated; “–“ = Streptococcus pneumoniae not isolated.