Table 3. Agreement between serotypes obtained by culture and those obtained by qPCR.
| Serotypes detected by culture | Serotypes detected by qPCR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP | Dominant serotype | Other serotypes* | Dominant serotype | Other serotypes |
| 9 | 6C | 10A, NT | 14 | 10A, 6C, 18BC, 10B |
| 19 | 19B | 19BF | 46, 12AF, 15, 16F | |
| 6 | 15A | 6C, 17F | 15 | 6C, 19“F”,10B |
| 11 | 11A | 15B/C, 23F | 23F | 11F, 15 |
| 5 | 19A | 9L, 14 | 19A | 9LN, 14 |
| 7 | 9L | 9LN | 15 | |
| 28 | 15A | 15 | 3 | |
| 10 | 19F | NT | 19“F” | 5 |
| 14 | 7B | 7B/40 | 6B | |
| 29 | 16F | 16F | 33AF | |
| 18 | 35A | 8 | 8 | 35AC/42 |
| 16 | 25A/38 | 38 | 35AC/42 | |
| 3 | 23F | 23F | 6B | |
| 23 | 3 | 23F, 11A | 23F | 11AD |
| 8 | 19F | 15C | 19“F” | 15 |
| 4 | none | 6D | ||
| 1 | 21 | 21 | ||
| 26 | 9L | 9LN | ||
| 12 | 15B | 15 | ||
| 21 | 19A | 19A | ||
| 24 | 19A | 19A | ||
| 25 | 6B | 6B | ||
| 22 | 23F | 23F | ||
| 20 | 6A | 6A | ||
| 30 | 13 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 19F | 19BF | ||
| 27 | 33A | 33AF | ||
| 15 | 15B | 15 | ||
| 13 | 6D | 6D | ||
| 17 | 19F | 19“F” | ||
* NT = non-typeable pneumococci