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. 2021 Apr 14;73(6):1075–1085. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab307

Table 4.

Serotype Distribution in All-Cause Community-Acquired Pneumonia and in Pneumococcal Community-Acquired Pneumonia According to Presence of Underlying Conditions by Age Group, 2016-2018

Diabetes Mellitus COPD Previous Pneumonia Tobacco Cigarrette Smokers Chronic Heart Failure Chronic Renal Failure Asthma No Underlying Diseases
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
18–64 y
 All-cause CAP (n = 401) 46 11.5 39 9.7 66 16.4 141 35.2 13 3.2 6 1.5 48 12.0 95 23.7
  PCV13 serotypes 6 13.0 5 12.8 7 10.6 14 9.9 2 15.4 0 0.0 6 12.5 11 11.6
  PCV15 serotypes 7 15.2 6 15.4 7 10.6 15 10.6 2 15.4 0 0.0 7 14.6 12 12.6
  PCV20 serotypes 12 26.1 11 28.2 13 19.7 37 26.2 3 23.1 2 33.3 15 31.3 25 26.3
 Most prevalent serotypes (≥1% in total cases)
  1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
  14 0 0.0 1 2.6 0 0.0 3 2.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
  19A 1 2.2 1 2.6 1 1.5 1 0.7 1 7.7 0 0.0 2 4.2 0 0.0
  3 3 6.5 3 7.7 6 9.1 7 5.0 1 7.7 0 0.0 4 8.3 7 7.4
  7F 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.2
  8 4 8.7 3 7.7 5 7.6 20 14.2 1 7.7 2 33.3 7 14.6 11 11.6
  12F 1 2.2 2 5.1 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.1 1 1.1
 CAP due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 141; 35.2%) 15 10.6 18 12.8 19 13.5 47 33.3 5 3.5 2 1.4 18 12.8 31 22
  PCV13 serotypes 6 40.0 5 27.8 7 36.8 14 29.8 2 40.0 0 0.0 6 33.3 11 35.5
  PCV15 serotypes 7 46.7 6 33.3 7 36.8 15 31.9 2 40.0 0 0.0 7 38.9 12 38.7
  PCV20 serotypes 12 80.0 11 61.1 13 68.4 37 78.7 3 60.0 2 100.0 15 83.3 25 80.6
≥65 y
 All-cause CAP (n = 620) 180 29.0 160 25.8 132 21.3 58 9.3 79 12.7 79 12.7 42 6.8 60 9.7
  PCV13 serotypes 17 9.4 16 10.0 17 12.9 9 15.5 8 10.1 4 5.1 8 19.0 7 11.7
  PCV15 serotypes 19 10.6 20 12.5 22 16.7 13 22.4 9 11.4 4 5.1 8 19.0 7 11.7
  PCV20 serotypes 30 16.7 33 20.6 32 24.2 18 31.0 10 12.7 9 11.4 11 26.2 13 21.7
 Most prevalent serotypes (≥1% in total cases)
  1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0, 0 0.0
  14 1 0.6 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.3 1 2.4 0 0.0
  19A 1 0.6 1 0.6 0 0.0 2 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
  3 14 7.8 10 6.3 14 10.6 5 8.6 5 6.3 1 1.3 6 14.3 6 10.0
  7F 1 0.6 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
  8 8 4.4 8 5.0 8 6.1 3 5.2 0 0.0 2 2.5 3 7.1 4 6.7
CAP due to S. pneumoniae (n = 206; 33.2%) 52 25.2 50 24.3 42 20.4 24 11.6 22 10.7 19 9.2 15 7.3 20 9.7
 PCV13 serotypes 17 32.7 16 32.0 17 40.5 9 37.5 8 36.4 4 21.1 8 53.3 7 35.0
 PCV15 serotypes 19 36.5 20 40.0 22 52.4 13 54.2 9 40.9 4 21.1 8 53.3 7 35.0
 PCV20 serotypes 30 57.7 33 66.0 32 76.2 18 75.0 10 45.5 9 47.4 11 73.3 13 65.0

Patients might have >1 underlying condition. Six isolates of invasive pneumococcal pneumonias were not serotyped due to lack of sample or lysis.

Abbreviations: CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.