Table 3. Summary of molecular serotyping results of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal isolates from healthy children compared with the serotype determined by the Quellung reaction.

		rmPCR a , correctly serotyped b			Sequetyping, correctly serotyped b			Total
		Yes	No	Negative c	Yes	No	Negative c
Quellung	Typeable	69	0	63 ¥	112	13	7	132
	nontypeable	0	0	3	0	0	3	3
Total		69	0	66	112	13	10	135

^a rmPCR: real-time multiplex PCR.

^b isolates typed correctly to the serogroup level compared with phenotypic Quellung reaction results.

^c Negative: no amplification.

^¥ all serotypes not covered by the rmPCR panel.