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Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
Research

Changes in Capsule and Drug Resistance of Pneumococci after Introduction of PCV7, Japan, 2010–2013

Naoko Chiba, Miyuki Morozumi, Michi Shouji, Takeaki Wajima, Satoshi Iwata, Kimiko UbukataComments to Author , and the Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group
Author affiliations: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, S. Iwata, K. Ubukata); Kitasato University, Tokyo (N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, K. Ubukata); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (M. Shouji); Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo (T. Wajima)

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Table 3

Pneumococcal vaccination history and age for 156 children with invasive pneumococcal disease, Japan, 2012*

No. vaccine doses administered <6 mo 7–11 mo 1 y 2 y 3 y 4 y 5–9 y >10 y Total no. (%)
0 7 [3] 15 [8] 4 [1] 5 [2] 8 [3] 4 [1] 5 [3] 47 (30.1)
1 1 5 3 1 10 (6.4)
2 3 4 [1] 1 2 1 11 (7.1)
3 2 13 24 6 45 (28.8)
Booster 16 5 21 (13.5)
Unknown
1
2
11
3
2

1 [1]
1
22 (14.1)
Total
6
22
71
19
14
12
6
6
156 (100.0)
*Numbers in brackets indicate infections with a vaccine serotype.

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