Table 5 Serotype distribution among pneumococcal strains displaying resistance to at least one antibiotic class (n = number of strains, % = percent of strains per geographic region).
| Â | Athens (n, %) | Halkida (n, %) | Thessaloniki (n, %) | Ioannina (n, %) | Alexandroupolis (n, %) | Herakleion (n, %) | Peloponnese (n, %) | Total (n,%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCV7* serotypes | 80 (70.17) | 42 (73.68) | 33 (58.92) | 10 (76.92) | 6 (54.55) | 25 (75.76) | 30 (90.91) | 226 (71.29) |
19F | 32 (28.07) | 20 (35.09) | 9 (16,07) | 2 (15.38) | 3 (27.27) | 11 (33.33) | 10 (30.3) | 87 (27.44) |
14 | 10 (8.77) | 6 (10.53) | 10 (17.86) | Â | Â | 11 (33.33) | 3 (9.09) | 40 (12.62) |
9V | 20 (17.54) | Â | 2 (3.57) | 2 (15.38) | Â | Â | 10 (30.3) | 34 (10.73) |
23F | 10 (8.77) | 6 (10.53) | 6 (10.71) | 5 (38.46) | 1 (9.09) | 1 (3.04) | 4 (12.13) | 33 (10.41) |
6B | 8 (7.02) | 10 (17.54) | 5 (8.93) | 1 (7.69) | 2 (18.18) | 2 (6.06) | 2 (6.06) | 30 (9.46) |
18C | Â | Â | 1 (1.79) | Â | Â | Â | 1 (3.03) | 2 (0.63) |
PCV7-related serotypes | 17 (14.92) | 10 (17.55) | 11 (19.66) | 0 | 2 (18.18) | 4 (12.12) | 0 | 43 (13.56) |
6A | 7 (6.14) | 3 (5.26) | 5 (8.93) | Â | 0 | 2 (6.06) | Â | 17 (5.36) |
Other related | 10 (8.78) | 7 (12.29) | 6 (10.73) | Â | 2 (18.18) | 2 (6.06) | Â | 26 (8,20)) |
Non PCV7 serogroups | 10 (8.77) | 3 (5.26) | 8 (14.28) | 3 (23.08) | 1 (9.09) | 2 (6.06) | 3 (9.09) | 32 (10.1) |
Nontypeable strains | 7 (6.14) | 2 (3.51) | 4 (7.14) | 0 | 2 (18.18) | 2 (6.06) | 0 | 16 (5.05) |
Total | 114 (100) | 57 (100) | 56 (100) | 13 (100) | 11 (100) | 33 (100) | 33 (100) | 317 (100) |