Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with invasive pneumococcal disease among adults in Japan

Invasive pneumococcal disease among adults in Japan, April 2013 to March 2015: disease characteristics and serotype distribution

BACKGROUND In Japan, the clinical characteristics and recent serotype distribution among adult patients of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) have not been fully investigated since the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in children. From November 2010, PCV7 was encouraged by an official program, funded by government, subsequently included in the routine schedule in April ...

1101The Gap Widens: Invasive Pneumococcal Serotype Distribution among Adults

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance in Chinese

†contributed equally to this manuscript 5 Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province, China 6 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bao’an Maternity & Child Health Hospital affiliated with 7 Jinan University, Shenzhen, P. R. China 8 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Bao’an Maternity & Child Health Hospital affiliated 9 with Jinan University, Shenzhen, P. R. China 10 Centre for Infectious Diseas...

Antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis in Egypt, 1998-2003.

OBJECTIVES To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of 205 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, collected from the CSF of meningitis patients identified between 1998-2003, during sentinel meningitis surveillance in Egypt. METHODS Antimicrobial susceptibility was evaluated against six antibiotics using disc diffusion and Etest methods. Serotyping was performed b...

Serotype Distribution, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Children in Shanghai, China

OBJECTIVE Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common pathogenic cause of pediatric infections. This study investigated the serotype distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, and molecular epidemiology of pneumococci before the introduction of conjugate vaccines in Shanghai, China. METHODS A total of 284 clinical pneumococcal isolates (270, 5, 4,3, and 2 of which were isolated from sputum, broncho...