Table 2.

Serotype distribution of pneumococcal meningitis isolates in Germany among children <16 years, adults ≥16 years, and the overall population (2010/11-2012/13, n = 638)

Serotype	Percent of isolates, children	Percent of isolates, adults	P value	Percent of isolates, overall	No of isolates, overall
7F	8.8	9.1	1.0000	8.8	56
19A	7.2	6.6	0.7289	6.6	42
10A	7.2	4.0	0.0737	4.9	31
23B	7.2	9.6	0.4467	8.6	55
12F	6.2	5.9	0.8541	5.8	37
3	5.7	9.4	0.2035	8.0	51
15C	5.7	2.8	0.1029	3.6	23
22F	4.1	5.9	0.5604	5.2	33
35B	4.1	1.2	0.0273	2.0	13
19F	2.6	3.3	0.8044	3.0	19
11A	2.6	4.0	0.4894	3.4	22
33F	2.6	1.9	0.5481	2.0	13
6B	2.1	0.7	0.2081	1.1	7
8	2.1	3.3	0.6054	2.8	18
15B	2.1	3.0	0.7897	2.7	17
9N	1.5	3.0	0.4139	2.5	16
6C	1.5	2.1	1.0000	1.9	12
23A	1.5	4.2	0.1462	3.3	21
18C	1.0	2.1	0.5180	1.7	11
23F	0.5	1.2	0.6731	0.9	6
1	0.5	2.1	0.2966	1.6	10
5	0.5	0.0	0.3041	0.2	1
6A	0.5	1.9	0.2892	1.4	9
4	0.0	0.7	0.5571	0.5	3
9V	0.0	0.5	1.0000	0.3	2
14	0.0	1.9	0.1140	1.3	8
2	0.0	0.0	1.0000	0.0	0
17F	0.0	0.7	0.5571	0.5	3
20	0.0	0.9	0.3197	0.6	4
others	22.2	12.2	0.0010	14.9	95

Corrected for multiple comparisons using the Dunn-Šidák test (β = 0.001708316).

Significant P values are printed in bold.