Research Article

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

Table 4

BOX-PCR genotypes of S. pneumoniae isolates in healthy preschool children in DCCs and home group.

GenotypesaNumber of strainsSerotypeAntibiotic resistance (number of strains)Number of strains
DCC1DCC2DCC3DCC4Home

1611AS51
2211AS2
3211AS2
4211AS11

5211AS2
6511AS5

74814P(28); PSxt (20)9141015
8214P2
1027FS2
11186BPECcTeCSxt18

1656BPECcTeCSxt5
1726BPECcTeCSxt2

18159VPSxt213

19719FPECcTeCSxt6
6BS1
20323FTeSxt3
21519FPECcTeCSxt5
22319FPECcTeCSxt (2); ECcTeCSxt (1)3
2323S2
2446BPECcTe4
2536BECcTeCSxt (2); PECcTe(1)3
2733S3
2966BECcTe(4); S(2)15
3046BS4
3166BS51
32106BS10
3336BPECcTe(2); ECcTe(1)3
35319FPECcTeCSxt3
36719FECcTeCSxt7
37319FECcTeCSxt3

38823FECcTeCSxt (1);1
TeSxt (6); Sxt (1)43
39223FECcTeCSxt (1);1
TeSxt (1)1
4036BPECcTeCSxt (2);2
Sxt (1)1

41218CS(1); Sxt (1)11
42318CSxt3

45615BSxt (5); PSxt (1)6

47223FS2
50323FTeCSxt3
52223AECcTeCSxt2
53223FS11

58519FTeCSxt5

60223FECcTeSxt (1);1
23FTSXT(1)1
641419FPECcTeCSxt14
65919FPECcTeCSxt9
67619FPECcTeCSxt6
6833S12
6983S71

7033S3

71919FTeCSxt9
72719FTeCSxt43

76419FSxt4
771123FS(10); TeSxt (1)11
79423FTeSxt (3); TeCSxt (1)22

81919FTeCSxt (5);5
ECcTeSxt (2);2
ECcTeCSxt (2)2

8529NS2

aStrains with similarity factor >60% were grouped in one table line. DCC: day care center; P: penicillin; E: erythromycin; Cc: clindamycin; Te: tetracycline; C: chloramphenicol; Sxt: co-trimoxazole; S: sensitive to all tested antibiotics.