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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Research

Characterization of Emerging Serotype 19A Pneumococcal Strains in Invasive Disease and Carriage, Belgium

Stefanie DesmetComments to Author , Heidi Theeten, Lies Laenen, Lize Cuypers, Piet Maes, Wouter Bossuyt, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Willy E. Peetermans, and Katrien Lagrou
Author affiliations: University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (S. Desmet, L. Laenen, L. Cuypers, W. Bossuyt, W.E. Peetermans, K. Lagrou); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (S. Desmet, P. Maes, W. Bossuyt, W.E. Peetermans, K. Lagrou); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (H. Theeten, L. Van Heirstraeten); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven‒University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W. Bossuyt)

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Table 1

Characteristics and antimicrobial drug susceptibility for serotype 19A strains of pneumococci isolated during the period after the PCV13 to PCV10 switch, Belgium*

Characteristic IPD, young children IPD, older persons Carriage, young children Total
No. strains
 54
 56
 56
 166
Year of isolation
 2017–2018
 2018
 2017–2018
 2017–2018
Age
0–11 mo 41 0 8 49
13–23 mo 13 0 32 45
2–3 y 0 0 15 15
3–4 y 0 0 1 1
65–85 y
 0
 56
 0
 56
Sex, M/F
 32/22
 27/29
 28/28
 87
Source of isolation
Blood 48 56 0 104
CSF 5 0 0 5
Pleural fluid 1 0 0 1
Nasopharyngeal swab specimen
 0
 0
 56
 56
Penicillin resistant 7 (13.0) 5 (11.1) 3 (5.4) 15 (9.0)
Levofloxacin resistant 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Erythromycin resistant 16 (29.6) 10 (17.9) 13 (23.2) 39 (23.5)
Tetracycline resistant
 15 (27.8)
 10 (17.9)
 12 (21.4)
 37 (22.3)
Pilus 1 25 (46.3) 27 (48.2) 27 (48.2) 79 (47.6)
Pilus 1 and pilus 2 3 (5.6) 2 (3.6) 4 (7.1) 9 (5.4)

*Values are no. or no. (%). CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

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