TABLE 1.

Distribution of samples with isolated serotypes in pneumococcal CAP patients^a

Serotype	No. of patients	No. of samples fromb:
		Blood	Sputum	NpA	NpS
1	2	1	2	2	1
2	1	1	1	1	0
3	11	2	4	7	5
4	2	0	1	2	1
6B	1	0	1	1	0
7F	9	5	1	5	2
9N	3	0	1	2	3
9V	6	2	3	4	5
11A	4	0	2	4	1
12F	2	2	0	1	1
14	9	1	4	4	6
18C	3	0	0	2	1
19A	4	1	2	2	2
19F	3c	1	1	1	3
22F	2	1	2	2	1
23F	8d	3	5	6	2
Total	70	20	30	46	34

^aCAP, community-acquired pneumonia.

^bNpA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; NpS, nasopharyngeal swab.

^cOne patient with serotype 19F in blood had serotype 14 in NpS (not included in the table).

^dOne patient with serotype 23F in NpA had serotype 11A in NpS (not included in the table).