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. 2022 Jun 23;8(6):mgen000831. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000831

Table 2.

Changes in proportion of resistance to 17 antibiotics in pneumococcal carriage isolates stratified by age

Changes in resistance in pneumococcal isolates in the PCV7 era and PCV13 era in different age groups % (n)

Antibiotics

Children ≤2 years of age

Children between 3 to 5 years

Adults over 5 years

PCV7 era ( N =516)

PCV13 era ( N =479)

P-value

PCV7 era ( N =172)

PCV13 era ( N =218)

P -value

PCV7 era ( N =211)

PCV13 era ( N =229)

P -value

Penicillin

55.5 % (286)

41.8 % (200)

<0.001

46.6 % (80)

41.3 % (90)

0.56

37 % (78)

30.3 % (69)

0.32

Amoxicillin

2.6 % (13)

0.7 % (3)

0.04

4.7 % (8)

0.5 % (1)

0.06

2.4 % (5)

0.5 % (1)

0.32

Meropenem

7.4 % (38)

2.3 % (11)

<0.001

9.9 % (17)

3.7 % (8)

0.08

6.2 % (13)

2.2 % (5)

0.32

Cefotaxime

4.1 % (21)

1.1 % (5)

0.006

5.3 % (9)

2.3 % (5)

0.38

3.8 % (8)

0.9 % (2)

0.32

Ceftriaxone

6.4 % (33)

1.5 % (7)

<0.001

8.2 % (14)

2.3 % (5)

0.06

4.3 % (9)

1.8 % (4)

0.32

Cefuroxime

9.9 % (51)

3.2 % (15)

<0.001

14 % (24)

4.6 % (10)

0.035

7.2 % (15)

3.6 % (8)

0.32

Erythromycin

20 % (103)

12.2 % (58)

0.002

17.5 % (30)

12.9 % (28)

0.50

15.7 % (33)

13.6 % (31)

1.00

Clindamycin

10.7 % (55)

5.7 % (27)

0.009

9.4 % (16)

4.6 % (10)

0.23

9.5 % (20)

5.3 % (12)

0.29

Quinupristin-dalfopristin (Synercid)

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

Linezolid

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

Co-trimoxazole

77.2 % (398)

71 % (340)

0.049

66.3 % (114)

68.9 % (150)

1.00

58.3 % (123)

57.3 % (131)

1.00

Tetracycline

18 % (93)

10.2 % (49)

0.002

19.8 % (34)

12.8 % (28)

0.18

15.2 % (32)

10.5 % (24)

0.32

Doxycycline

18 % (93)

10.2 % (49)

0.002

19.8 % (34)

12.8 % (28)

0.18

15.2 % (32)

10.5 % (24)

0.32

Levofloxacin

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

Chloramphenicol

2.2 % (11)

2.1 % (10)

1.00

1.8 % (3)

1.9 % (4)

1.00

1 % (2)

0.5 % (1)

1.00

Rifampin

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

Vancomycin

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

0

0

1.00

There was one isolate with no predicted output for the beta-lactams from individuals over 5 years in the PCV13 era. This isolate was taken out of the analysis for calculating the percentages and P-values for beta-lactams. Resistant and intermediate isolates were grouped together into the resistant category for this comparison.