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. 2017 Jan 26;13(6):1229–1241. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1277300

Table 2.

Strains of S. pneumoniae among adults aged 65 y and older.

  n (%)–[most prevalent serotype]
Source Country (year) Study population (N) PCV7a PCV10-specific[1, 5, 7F] PCV13-specific[3, 6A, 19A] PPV23-specificb PPV23 serotypes NV serotypes
IPD in Europe
Harboe et al. 201455 Denmark (2011–13) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (1439) 97 (6.7)–[4] 265 (18.4)–[1] 224 (15.6)–[3] 549 (38.2) [NS] 304 (21.1)–[NS]
Skoczynska et al. 20146 Poland (2011–13) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (373) 116 (31.3)–[14] 21 (5.7)–[1] 110 (29.6)–[3] 57 (15.3) 9N: 3.8% • 22F: 3.0% • 11A: 2.1% 10A: 1.9% • 12F: 1.9% • 8:1.6% 15B/C: 1.1% 67 (18.1)–[NS]
Guevara et al. 201456 Spain (2010–13) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (114) 12 (10.5)–[NS] 47 (41.2)–[NS]c   55 (48.2)–[NS]c
Verhaegen et al. 201457 Belgium (2009–11) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (742) 59 (8.0)–[NS] 146 (19.7)–[7F] 210 (28.3)–[19A] 214 (28.9) 12F: 5.9% • 22F: 5.8% • 8: 3.8% 141 (19.0)–[NS]
Other NS: 9.6%  
Navarro-Torne et al. 201518 Europe (26 countries–2010) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (1108) 191 (17.2)–[NS] 385 (34.7)–[NS]c   532 (48.0)–[NS]d
Ochoa-Gondar et al. 201558 Spain (2006–09) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (96) 14 (14.6)–[14] 17 (17.7)–[7F] 29 (30.2)–[19A] 13 (13.5) 9N: 4.2% • 8; 12F: 2.1% • 10A; 15A; 17F; 22F; 33F: 1.0% 38: 5.2% • 16/16F; 23B; 31: 3.1%
  11/11F; 23A; 24F: 2.1%
  10B; 15A; 35F; 37: 1.0%
IPD in Latin America
Garcia Gabarrot et al. 20145 Uruguay (2011–12) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 60 y (150) 14 (9.3)–[NS] 52 (34.7)–[NS]c 84 (56)d [NS]
IPD in North America
Moore et al. 201524 US (2011–13) IPD cases among adults aged ≥ 65 y (3618) 45 (1.2)–[19F] 95 (2.6)–[7F] 423 (11.7)–[3] 22F: 4.6% • 11A: 1.6%e 6C: 2.7% • 23A: 2.0%
  35B: 1.8% •16F: 1.6%e
Wortham et al. 201459 US (2009) Adults with IPD aged ≥ 65 y (1233) 510 (41.4)–[NS]f 723 (58.6)–[NS]f
non-IPD in Asia, North America, and Europe
Kim et al. 201460 South Korea (2013) Adults with IPD or pneumococcal pneumonia aged ≥ 65 y (114) 14 (12.3)–[19F] 1 (0.9)–[7F] 34 (29.8)–[3] 32 (28.1) 11A/D/F: 14.0% • 20; 22F: 3.5% 34: 6.1% • 15A/F; 35B: 4.4% • 6D; 13: 2.6% • 6C; 7B/7C; 11E; 16F; 23A; 23B: 0.9% • Other NS: 3.5%
15B: 2.6% • 10A; 33F: 1.8% • 8: 0.9%  
Richter et al. 201461 US (2012–13) Adults with IPD or non-IPD aged ≥ 65 y (346) ≥ 73 (21.1)–[3]f 11A; 22F: 6.0%g 6C: 6.0% • 15A; 23A: 5.0%f
Domenech et al. 201462 Spain (2009–12) SP strains causing acute exacerbations among COPD patients aged 70.2 ± 8.7 y (197) 23 (11.7)–[19F] 5 (2.5)–[7F] 30 (15.2)–[3] 48 (24.2) 11A: 6.1% • 10A: 4.0% 15A: 9.6% • 6C: 5.6%
17F; 22F; 33F: 3.0% 23A; 23B: 4.5%
9N; 12F: 1.5% • 15B: 1.0% 16F; 35B: 3.5% • 31; 24F: 2.5%
  21; NT: 2.0% • 35F: 1.5%
  34; 20; 15C: 1.0%
  37; 10F; 13F; 35C: 0.5%

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IPD: invasive pneumococcal disease; NA: not applicable; NPC: nasopharyngeal carriage; NS: not specified; NV: non-vaccine; SP: S. pneumoniae

a

PCV7 serotypes: 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F;

b

PPV23-specific serotypes: 2, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 17F, 20, 22F, 33F;

c

PCV13 serotypes not found in PCV7;

d

non-PCV13 serotypes;

e

PCV13-serotypes and the 5 most common among non-PCV serotypes reported;

f

PCV13-serotypes;

g

serotype-specific data for the 8 most common serotypes by age group were reported.