Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011
Dispatch
Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children, Malawi, 2004–2006
Table 1
Serotypes of Streptococcus.pnemoniae isolated from children at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, 2004–2006
Serotype | No. (%) isolates | HIV serostatus, no. (%) |
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---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Declined | ||
1 | 41 (23) | 16 (16) | 24 (34) | 1 (20) |
6A/6B* | 31 (18) | 21 (21) | 9 (13) | 1 (20) |
14* | 11 (6) | 8 (8) | 3 (4) | 0 |
23F* | 11 (6) | 7 (7) | 4 (6) | 0 |
12F | 10 (6) | 4 (4) | 6 (8) | 0 |
19F* | 9 (5) | 6 (6) | 3 (4) | 0 |
Sg18* | 6 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (4) | 0 |
4* | 5 (3) | 5 (5) | 0 | 0 |
7f | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | 0 |
10A | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 |
16F | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 |
33F | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 0 |
35F | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 |
3 | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 |
5 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 |
9V* | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (20) |
14/4 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 |
15a | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 |
19a | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (20) |
7c | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
8 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
34 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
11a | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
17f | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
35B | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) |
Not typeable |
18 (10) |
12 (12) |
6 (8) |
0 |
Total | 176 | 100 | 71 | 5 |
*Serotypes in 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F. PCV10 adds serotypes 1, 5, and 7F. PCV13 adds serotypes 3, 6A, and 19A.
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