Table 4.

Distribution of capsular types included in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines currently available among 176 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates non-susceptible to penicillin (PNSP) according to the clinical source.

Clinical sourcea	% (n) of isolates belonging to
(n)	capsular types included inb
	10-Valent PCV	13-Valent PCV
Carriage (118)	53.4 (63)	63.5 (75)
IPD (58)	87.9 (51)	93.1 (54)
All (176)	45.1 (353)	56.3 (441)

^aCarriage isolates included strains recovered from nasopharynx or oropharynx specimens while IPD (invasive pneumococcal disease) isolates included those recovered from blood or cerebrospinal fluid.

^bPCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; 10-valent PCV includes serotypes 1, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F; 13-valent PCV also includes 3, 6A, and 19A.