TABLE 1.
Survey of S. pneumoniae organisms isolated from children in southern Israel during January 1995 to May 1999
| Type of isolates and characteristic | Yr of isolation | No. (%) of isolates of serotype:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (n = 79) | 5 (n = 45) | 6B (n = 64) | 23F (n = 67) | ||
| NP | 1995 | 1 (7.7) | 1 (6.7) | 9 (17) | 4 (7.7) |
| 1996 | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 8 (15.1) | 3 (5.8) | |
| 1997 | 5 (38.5) | 5 (33.3) | 10 (18.9) | 8 (15.4) | |
| 1998 | 7 (53.9) | 4 (26.7) | 22 (41.5) | 30 (57.7) | |
| 1999 | 0 (0) | 4 (26.7) | 4 (7.6) | 7 (13.5) | |
| Total by serotype | 13 (100) | 15 (100) | 53 (100) | 52 (100) | |
| Total by ethnic group | |||||
| Jewish | 7 (53.9) | 9 (60) | 26 (49.1) | 37 (71.2) | |
| Bedouin | 6 (46.2) | 6 (40) | 27 (50.9) | 15 (28.9) | |
| Blood or CSF | 1995 | 17 (25.8) | 3 (10) | 4 (36.4) | 3 (20.0) |
| 1996 | 6 (9.1) | 3 (10) | 2 (18.2) | 3 (20.0) | |
| 1997 | 19 (28.8) | 11 (36.7) | 2 (18.2) | 3 (20.0) | |
| 1998 | 20 (30.3) | 8 (26.7) | 2 (18.2) | 5 (33.3) | |
| 1999 | 4 (6.1) | 5 (16.7) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Total by serotype | 66 (100) | 30 (100) | 11 (100) | 15 (100.0) | |
| Total by ethnic group | |||||
| Jewish | 12 (18.2) | 10 (33.3) | 6 (54.6) | 8 (53.3) | |
| Bedouin | 54 (81.8) | 20 (66.7) | 5 (45.5) | 7 (46.7) | |