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Table 3 Serotype distribution of S. pneumoniae carried in CAP patients by PCV7 vaccination status

From: Nasopharyngeal carriage of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes during pediatric radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia following PCV7 introduction in Switzerland

 

PCV7 vaccine status

Total

SEROTYPES

None

1 or 2 injections

Fully

 

Included in PCV 7

9 (14.3%)

8 (27.6%)

2 (5.7%)

19 (15%)

Included only in PCV 13 (6 serotypes)

18 (28.6%)

8 (27.6%)

18 (51.4%)

44 (34.6%)

Non vaccine type

36 (57.1%)

13 (44.8%)

15 (42.9%)

64 (50.4%)

Total

63 (100%)

29 (100%)

35 (100%)

127 (100%)

  1. Chi-Square=10.2 (p=0.037).