Research Article

Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Causing Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Korea from 2008 to 2014

Table 3

Prevalence of common serotypes during two periods by patient’s age.

SerotypeTotal (378)≤5 years ()≥65 years ()6–64 years ()
Period (P) I (198)Period II (180)P I (10)P II (6)P I (91)P II (106)P I (97)P II (68)

324 (12.1) 27 (15.0) 919158
3412 (6.0) 9 (5.0)1 6 4 64
3518 (9.0) 23 (12.8)1 814108
19A22 (11.1) 12 (6.7)5111 7 64
19F17 (8.6) 8 (4.4)110 5 63
23F 9 (4.5) 2 (1.1)1 2 62
6A11 (5.6) 12 (6.7)   4 9 73

7-valent51 (25.8) 30 (16.7)222192711
10-valent57 (28.8) 31 (17.2)226192912
13-valent114 (57.6) 82 (45.6)7150545727
23-valent135 (68.2)101 (56.1)8263636436

VTs146 (73.7)113 (62.8)8267727139
NVTs 52 (26.3) 67 (37.2%)2424342629

VTs: vaccine serotypes; NVTs: nonvaccine serotypes.