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. 2017 Apr 6;12(4):e0175224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175224

Table 1. Demographic characteristics, source of isolates and focus of infection of the study population.

pre-PCV13 (2008–2009) PCV13 (2012–2013) p*
Demographics Age mean (years) 59.5 64.7 <0.001
Male (%) 60.0 58.5 0.56
Source of isolates Episodes(n) % Episodes(n) %
Blood culture 822 86.6 520 85.4 0.43
Cerebrospinal fluid 47 5.0 41 6.7 0.14
Pleural fluid 54 5.7 28 4.6 0.35
Ascitic fluid 15 1.6 13 2.1 0.42
Other 11 1.2 7 1.1 0.99
Focus of infection Episodes(n) Incidence** Episodes(n) Incidence**
Pneumonia 700 9.03 451 6.00 <0.001
Meningitis 80 1.03 66 0.87 0.33
Peritonitis 33 0.43 23 0.31 0.22
Unknown focus 102 1.31 48 0.64 <0.001
Other 34 0.44 21 0.28 0.10

* p-value comparing pre-PCV13 and PCV13 periods

** Number of episodes per 100.000 population.