Table 5.

Detection of Resistance Genes in DNA of 40 S. pneumonia from IPD

	PBP2b	mef	erm
Number Positive	11	30	17
%	27.5	75	42.5

Abbreviations: SP, Streptococcus pneumoniae; ST, serotype; AST, antimicrobial susceptibility testing; NP, nasopharyngeal; MDR, multi-drug resistant; Pen, penicillin; Amp, ampicillin; CTX, cefotaxim; E, erythromycin; CD, clindamycin; LZD, linezolid; Van, vancomycin, Tet, tetracycline; SXT, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim; PCVs, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease.