Research Article
Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Carriage among HIV-Infected Individuals in the Conjugate Vaccine Era: A Study in Southern Ghana
Table 3
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes isolated from HIV/AIDS patients.
| | Serotype | Number | | Serotype included in vaccine |
| | 3 | 1 | 3.8 | PCV-13, PPV-23 | | 6B | 1 | 3.8 | PCV-10, PCV-13, PPV-23 | | 10A | 2 | 7.7 | PPV-23 | | 11A | 1 | 3.8 | PPV-23 | | 13 | 2 | 7.7 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 15A | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 17F | 1 | 3.8 | PPV-23 | | 19A | 4 | 15.4 | PCV-13, PPV-23 | | 19B | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 19F | 1 | 3.8 | PCV-10, PCV-13, PPV-23 | | 16F | 2 | 7.7 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 23B | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 23F | 4 | 15.4 | PCV-10, PCV-13, PPV-23 | | 24F | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 28F | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | 33A | 1 | 3.8 | Non-vaccine serotype | | Non-typeable | 1 | 3.8 | Not applicable |
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25 pneumococcal isolates were serotyped and there was one isolate with dual serotypes. Thus the total number of serotypes were 26.
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