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Table 1 Overview of analysed S. pneumoniae serotype 6C

From: Test of a Novel Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6C Type Specific Polyclonal Antiserum (Factor Antiserum 6d) and Characterisation of Serotype 6C Isolates in Denmark

Serotype

6A%

(n)

6B

% (n)

6C

% (n)

Invasive isolates

   

blood

84.2 (48)

90.6 (58)

79.2 (19)

cerebrospinal fluid

14.0 (8)

6.3 (4)

16.7 (4)

other sterile site

1.8 (1)

3.1 (2)

4.2 (1)

Proportion of serogroup 6

39.3 (57)

44.1 (64)

16.6 (24)

6C of original 6A

  

29.6 (24 of 81)

Non-invasive isolates

   

eye

25.0 (3)

9.5 (2)

 

ear

33.3 (4)

38.1 (8)

100 (3)

other non-sterile site

41.7 (5)

52.4 (11)

 

Proportion of serogroup 6

33.3 (12)

58.3 (21)

8.3 (3)

6C of original 6A

  

20.0 (3 of 15)

All isolates

   

Proportion of serogroup 6

38.1 (69)

47.0 (85)

14.9 (27)

6C of original 6A

  

28.1 (27 of 96)

  1. Analysed S. pneumoniae serotype 6C isolates compared to other serogroup 6 isolates from Denmark 2007 and 2008.