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

Table 4 Influence of PCV7 vaccination status on S. pneumoniae carriage

	Nasopharyngeal SP_PCR +	Nasopharyngeal SP_PCR -	p-value	Adjusted p-value*
	(n=151)	(n=162)	p-value	Adjusted p-value*
PCV7 Vaccination status			0.046	0.98
Fully vaccinated	40 (26.5%)	30 (18.5%)
Partially vaccinated	13 (8.6%)	7 (4.3%)
None	98 (64.9%	125 (77.2%)

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