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. 2015 Sep 30;15:403. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1149-8

Table 3.

Frequencies of diagnoses per Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype and use of antimicrobials per diagnosis

Diagnosis, n (%) Total, n (%)
Unspecified Other AOM URTI Sinusitis Pneumonia Bronchitis
Serotype None 27 (5.1) 7 (1.3) 41 (7.7) 384 (72.0) 13 (2.4) 10 (1.9) 51 (9.6) 533 (59.2)
Othera 1 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (12.0) 13 (52.0) 4 (16.0) 1 (4.0) 3 (12.0) 25 (2.7)
11 0 (0.0) 2 (11.8) 0 (0.0) 9 (52.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (35.3) 17 (1.9)
14 2 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 3 (8.6) 15 (42.9) 2 (5.7) 5 (14.3) 8 (22.9) 35 (3.8)
15b 2 (5.4) 0 (0.0) 3 (8.1) 25 (67.6) 1 (2.7) 2 (5.4) 4 (10.8) 37 (4.1)
18C 2 (18.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2) 5 (45.5) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 11 (1.2)
19A 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 4 (50.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 8 (0.9)
19F 4 (7.8) 0 (0.0) 9 (17.6) 25 (49.0) 3 (5.9) 1 (2.0) 9 (17.6) 51 (5.6)
23c 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (50.0) 3 (30.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (20.0) 10 (1.1)
23F 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 35 (68.6) 5 (9.8) 2 (3.9) 7 (13.7) 51 (5.7)
3 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (27.3) 4 (36.4) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2) 11 (1.2)
6A 2 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 6 (17.6) 19 (55.9) 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9) 5 (14.7) 34 (3.8)
6B 3 (5.2) 2 (3.4) 4 (6.9) 33 (56.9) 1 (1.7) 2 (3.4) 13 (22.4) 58 (6.4)
Non-typable 1 (5.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.3) 16 (84.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.2) 19 (2.1)
Total, n (%) 47 (5.2) 12 (1.3) 76 (8.4) 592 (65.8) 36 (4.0) 24 (2.7) 113 (12.6) 900 (100.0)
Antimicrobial use, n (%) 14 (29.7) 3 (25.0) 55 (72.4) 173 (29.2) 32 (88.8) 23 (95.8) 61 (12.6) 361 (40.1)

AOM acute otitis media, URTI upper respiratory tract infection

aCombined cases of SPn serotypes 4, 7, 7F, 6C, 9, 9V, 10, 12, 17, 19, 22

bSerogroup 15

cNon-23F serotypes