Volume 7, Number 5—October 2001
Research
Pneumococcal Surface Protein A of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Colombian Children
María Claudia Vela Coral*
, Nacxiry Fonseca*, Elizabeth Castañeda*, José Luis Di Fabio†, Susan K. Hollingshead‡, and David E. Briles‡
, Nacxiry Fonseca*, Elizabeth Castañeda*, José Luis Di Fabio†, Susan K. Hollingshead‡, and David E. Briles‡
Table
Streptococcus pneumoniae PspA families 1 and 2 from 40 Colombian isolates
| Isolates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Code INSa) | Date | Source | Capsular type | PCR & dot blot |
| Co-1(2) | 17/12/93 | Blood | 14 | Family 1 |
| Co-2 (125) | 12/12/94 | CSF | 14 | Family 2 |
| Co-3 (146) | 25/01/95 | Blood | 14 | Family 2 |
| Co-4 (309) | 17/01/96 | PLF | 14 | Family 1 |
| Co-5 (E-212) | 16/06/98 | CSF | 14 | Family 2 |
| Co-6 (95) | 17/06/93 | CSF | 6B | Family 1 |
| Co-7 (20) | 19/06/94 | Blood | 6B | Family 1 |
| Co-8 (149) | 04/02/95 | CSF | 6B | Family 1 |
| Co-9 (322) | 10/02/96 | CSF | 6B | Family 1 |
| Co-10 (E-10) | 03/05/96 | Blood | 6B | Family 1 |
| Co-11(14) | 20/04/94 | PLF | 23F | Family 2 |
| Co-12 (23) | 22/06/94 | CSF | 23F | Family 2 |
| Co-13 (152) | 15/02/95 | CSF | 23F | Family 1 |
| Co-14 (E-8) | 03/05/96 | CSF | 23F | Family 1 |
| Co-15 (E-99) | 19/03/97 | CSF | 23F | Family 2 |
| Co-16 (7) | 25/03/94 | PLF | 5 | Family 1 |
| Co-17 (106) | 10/11/94 | Blood | 5 | Family 1 |
| Co-18 (177) | 06/04/95 | Blood | 5 | Family 1 |
| Co-19 (316) | 24/01/96 | Blood | 5 | Family 1 |
| Co-20 E-220) | 24/07/98 | CSF | 5 | Family 1 |
| Co-21(10) | 25/04/94 | CSF | 19F | Family 1 |
| Co-22 (179) | 08/04/95 | CSF | 19F | Family 1 |
| Co-23 (318) | 27/01/96 | Blood | 19F | Family 1 |
| Co-24 (E-124) | 04/07/97 | CSF | 19F | Family 1 |
| Co-25 (E-159) | 23/10/97 | CSF | 19F | Family 1 |
| Co-26 (5) | 19/03/94 | Blood | 1 | Family 1 |
| Co-27 (99) | 04/11/93 | CSF | 1 | Family 1 |
| Co-28 (165) | 01/03/95 | Blood | 1 | Family 1 |
| Co-29 (315) | 26/01/96 | PLF | 1 | 0b |
| Co-30 (E-107) | 16/04/97 | Blood | 1 | Family 1 |
| Co-31(51) | 04/09/94 | PLF | 9V | Family 2 |
| Co-32 (E-24) | 14/06/96 | CSF | 9N | Family 2 |
| Co-33 (119) | 25/11/94 | Blood | 3 | Family 2 |
| Co-34 (E-140) | 02/09/97 | CSF | 3 | Family 2 |
| Co-35 (216) | 06/06/95 | Blood | 8 | Family 2 |
| Co-36 (E-135) | 13/08/97 | CSF | 8 | Family 1 |
| Co-37 (E-66) | 07/11/96 | CSF | 4 | Family 2 |
| Co-38 (300) | 18/12/95 | Blood | 35B | Family 1 |
| Co-39 (E-25) | 14/06/96 | CSF | 35B | Family 2 |
| Co-40 (320) | 06/02/96 | CSF | 35F | Family 2 |
aINS = Instituto Nacional de Salud; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; PLF = pleural fluid.
bCo-29 did not amplify or react with either family.
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