Research Article

Resistance Determinants and Their Association with Different Transposons in the Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Table 1

Resistance patterns and serotypes of 138 S. pneumoniae nasopharyngeal isolates from healthy young children.

Resistance patternSerotypes (number of strains)

Te23F (16)
TeC19F (22), 23F (1)
ECcTe6B (13), 14 (1), 19F (2), 23F (5)
ECcTeC6B (22), 19F (53), 23A (2), 23F (1)

E: erythromycin, Cc: clindamycin, Te: tetracycline, and C: chloramphenicol.