Research Article

Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Colonizing Upper Respiratory Tract of Healthy Preschool Children in Poland

Table 3

Dynamics of phenotype prevalence of S. pneumoniae isolates in healthy preschool children in DCCs in following seasons.

Number of isolates
PhenotypeDCC1DCC2DCC3DCC4
AutumnWinterSpringAutumnWinterSpringAutumnWinterSpringAutumnWinterSpring

3S2231235
6AS1
6BS118211
6BPECcTeCSxt11996
6BECcTe113
6BECcTeSxt11
6BPECcTeSxt1
6BPECcTe1421
7FS12
9VPSxt11832
11AS424313
14P2344618
14PSxt1141268
15BS3
15BSxt323
15BPSxt1
18CSXT121
19FPECcTeCSxt427178641
19FPECcTeC1
19FSxt15
19FTeCSxt73821
19FECcTeCSxt371
23AS111
23AECcTeCSxt2
23FS346
23FSXT1
23FECcTe1
23FECcTeCSxt1
23FTeSxt21132311
23FTeCSxt21

DCC: day care center; P: penicillin, E: erythromycin; Cc: clindamycin; Te: tetracycline; C: chloramphenicol; Sxt: cotrimoxazol; S: sensitive to all tested antibiotics.