TABLE 1.
Origins of GBS NH/NP isolates according to their capsular serotype
| Origin | Results for capsular serotypea: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ia | Ib | II | III | IV | V | VI | Total | |
| From neonates | ||||||||
| EOD meningitis | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | ||||||
| EOD bacteremia | 1 (0) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | 4 (1) | ||||
| LOD meningitis | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | ||||||
| LOD bacteremia | 1 (1) | 6 (4) | 1 (1) | 8 (6) | ||||
| Colonization | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 5 (0) | ||||
| Total neonates | 4 (1) | 1 (0) | 0 | 13 (9) | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 21 (11) |
| From adults | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | ||||||
| Bacteremia | 3 (1) | 6 (4) | 5 (2) | 2 (1) | 6 (2) | 22 (10) | ||
| Endocarditis | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | |||||
| Bone and joint infection | 1 (1) | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | 5 (2) | |||
| Others | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 7 (5) | 2 (1) | 11 (8) | |||
| Total adults | 1 (1) | 4 (2) | 9 (5) | 16 (9) | 4 (2) | 8 (4) | 0 | 42 (23) |
| Total NH/NP | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 9 (5) | 29 (18) | 6 (3) | 8 (4) | 1 (0) | 63 (34) |
a
Data are the numbers of strains for a given capsular serotype and, in parentheses, the numbers of strains selected for sequencing.