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. 2016 Dec 15;21(50):30423. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.50.30423

Table 1. Ten most-represented pneumococcal serotypes in the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy bacteraemia surveillance, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, 2001–2014 (n = 3,206 isolates).

Serotype (bold); number and proportion of isolates % for top 10a
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2001
(n = 227)
14 8 9V 23F 3 4 6B 12F NA NA 1 9F NA 71.4%
n = 36
15.9%
n = 23
10.1%
n = 20
8.8%
n = 17
7.5%
n = 15
6.6%
n = 11
4.8%
NA NA n = 9
4.0%
NA
2002
(n = 220)
14 9V 6B 19F 23F NA NA 1 22F 8 3 4 7F 6A 69.5%
19A 20
n = 42
19.1%
n = 24
10.9%
n = 14
6.4%
NA NA n = 11
5.0%
n = 10
4.5%
n = 9
4.1%
n = 8
3.6%
n = 7
3.2%
2003
(n = 239)
14 9V 1 4 8 23F 3 19F NA 6B 18C 72.0%
n = 34
14.2%
n = 30
12.6%
n = 21
8.8%
n = 17
7.1%
n = 16
6.7%
n = 13
5.4%
n = 11
4.6%
NA n = 10
4.2%
n = 6
3.8%
2004
(n = 241)
14 1 19F 4 23F NA 9V 8 3 7F 19A 22F NA 67.2%
n = 37
15.4%
n = 24
10.0%
n = 16
6.6%
n = 14
5.8%
NA n = 13
5.4%
n = 13
5.4%
n = 11
4.6%
n = 10
4.1%
NA
2005
(n = 230)
14 1 9V 23F 3 4 8 NA NA 19F 7F 6B 75.2%
n = 35
15.2%
n = 30
13.0%
n = 21
9.1%
n = 18
7.8%
n = 14
6.1%
NA NA n = 10
4.3%
n = 9
3.9%
n = 8
3.5%
2006
(n = 231)
1 14 9V 23F 6A 4 6B 7F NA NA 8 18C NA 75.8%
n = 36
15.6%
n = 29
12.6%
n = 22
9.5%
n = 16
6.9%
n = 15
6.5%
n = 13
5.6%
NA NA n = 9
3.9%
NA
2007
(n = 216)
14 1 9V 8 7F 23F 3 4 6A NA NA 12F 77.3%
n = 30
13.9%
n = 26
12.0%
n = 20
9.3%
n = 19
8.8%
n = 14
6.5%
13
6.0%
n = 12
5.6%
NA NA n = 9
4.2%
2008
(n = 201)
1 14 8 7F 22F NA 9V 19A 3 20 4 23F 73.6%
n = 32
15.9%
n = 20
10.0%
n = 17
8.5%
n = 15
7.5%
NA n = 14
7.0%
n = 13
6.5%
n = 9
4.5%
n = 7
3.5%
n = 6
3.0% =
2009
(n = 211)
7F 3 19A 8 22F 1 6A 14 12F 4 71.6%
n = 26
12.3%
n = 23
10.9%
n = 18
8.5%
n = 17
8.1%
n = 14
6.6%
n = 13
6.2%
n = 12
5.7%
n = 11
5.2%
n = 9
4.3%
n = 8
3.8%
2010
(n = 249)
19A 7F 1 8 33F 22F 14 3 6A 11A NA 68.7%
n = 38
15.3%
n = 33
13.3%
n = 21
8.4%
n = 19
7.6%
n = 14
5.6%
n = 11
4.4%
n = 10
4.0%
n = 9
3.6%
n = 8
3.2%
NA
2011
(n = 230)
7F 19A 8 3 22F 1 23B 9N 15A NA 12F 19F 70.4%
n = 29
12.6%
n = 28
12.2%
n = 22
9.6%
n = 19
8.3%
n = 18
7.8%
n = 14
6.1%
n = 9
3.9%
n = 8
3.5%
NA n = 7
3.0%
2012
(n = 229)
7F 8 22F 19A 33F 12F 1 3 NA 6C 15A 69.4%
n = 29
12.7%
n = 27
11.8%
n = 25
10.9%
n = 20
8.7%
n = 12
5.2%
n = 11
4.8%
n = 10
4.4%
NA n = 8
3.5%
n = 7
3.1%
2013
(n = 235)
7F 8 NA 22F 3 19A NA 23A 12F 15A 33F NA 1 11A 24F 66.8%
n = 36
15.3%
NA n = 15
6.4%
n = 14
6.0%
NA n = 10
4.3%
n = 9
3.8%
n = 8
3.4%
NA n = 7
3.0%
2014
(n = 247)
8 22F 12F 15A 19A 3 7F 9N 24F NA 10A 71.7%
n = 43
17.4%
n = 22
8.9%
n = 20
8.1%
n = 19
7.7%
n = 16
6.5%
n = 14
5.7%
n = 13
5.3%
n = 11
4.5%
NA n = 8
3.2%

NA: not applicable.

Green: covered by PCV7; yellow: additional types covered by PCV13; pink: not covered by any conjugate vaccine.

a When there is a tie for tenth rank, only one of the tied serotypes is counted into the percentage total for the top 10.