Table 1.
Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae specimens by age group and year collected
| Specimen type | Number | % | Age groups | Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2 years | > 2 and ≤ 5 years | > 5 and ≤ 18 years | > 18 and ≤ 65 years | > 65 years | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | |||
| Sputum | 644 | 73.1 | 121 | 33 | 26 | 259 | 205 | 34 | 210 | 166 | 234 |
| Blood | 56 | 6.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Broncho-alveolar lavage | 56 | 6.4 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 26 | |||
| Pharyngeal swabs | 22 | 2.5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Cerebrospinal fluid | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Eye secretion | 10 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Secretion | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Pus | 8 | 0.9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Nasal swabs | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Wound swab | 6 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Pleural fluid | 6 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Tissue | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Sinus swab | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Tracheal | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Middle ear fluid | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Abdominal fluid | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Bile | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Urine | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bone marrow | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Vaginal swab | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Not specified | 19 | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 19 | ||||