Table 2.
Nasopharyngeal colonizing bacterial spectrum in 2–60 month-old children in the course of the study – number of colonized subjects.
| Number of colonized subjects | % of subjects S. pneumoniae positive | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit 1 | Total ( n = 232) | 14.7 | |||||||||
| Number of colonizing bacteria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | All subjects any bacteria | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Pathogens identified | 169 | 72.8 | 48 | 20.7 | 13 | 5.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 63 | 27.2 | |
| Visit 2 | Total ( n = 216) | 31.5 | |||||||||
| Pathogens identified | 97 | 44.9 | 80 | 70.0 | 34 | 15.7 | 5 | 2.3 | 119 | 55.1 | |
| Visit 3 | Total ( n = 201) | 34.8 | |||||||||
| Pathogens identified | 85 | 42.3 | 56 | 27.9 | 47 | 23.4 | 13 | 6.5 | 116 | 57.7 | |
| Visit 4 | Total ( n = 154) | 42.2 | |||||||||
| Pathogens identified | 46 | 29.9 | 56 | 36.4 | 41 | 26.6 | 11 | 7.1 | 108 | 70.1 | |
Percentages were calculated in relation to all subjects providing evaluable swab samples at the respective visits. As a consequence, percentages add up to more than 100. %, percentage; Spn, Streptococcus pneumonia.