Table 1 Serotype distribution of pneumococcal meningitis isolates in Germany among children <16 years, adults ≥16 years, and the overall population (1992/93-2005/06, n = 1382)
Serotype | Percent of isolates, children | Percent of isolates, adults | P value | Percent of isolates, overall | No of isolates, overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | 23.7 | 7.9 | <0.0001 | 17.5 | 232 |
19F | 9.3 | 6.0 | 0.0260 | 8.2 | 108 |
6B | 9.1 | 5.1 | 0.0050 | 7.7 | 102 |
18C | 8.5 | 2.8 | <0.0001 | 6.3 | 83 |
23F | 6.8 | 8.9 | 0.1562 | 8.1 | 107 |
7F | 6.3 | 4.6 | 0.1945 | 5.8 | 77 |
6A | 4.4 | 5.5 | 0.3783 | 5.1 | 67 |
4 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 0.0028 | 5.3 | 70 |
1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.2063 | 2.4 | 32 |
19A | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.6153 | 2.8 | 37 |
3 | 1.9 | 7.1 | <0.0001 | 4.4 | 58 |
10A | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.0406 | 2.7 | 36 |
9V | 1.7 | 5.6 | 0.0001 | 3.6 | 47 |
8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.0221 | 2.2 | 29 |
33F | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.3452 | 1.4 | 18 |
11A | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.0686 | 1.5 | 20 |
15B | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0000 | 1.0 | 13 |
9N | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0220 | 1.5 | 20 |
22F | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.0002 | 2.0 | 26 |
15C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4771 | 0.5 | 7 |
23A | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.0547 | 1.1 | 14 |
6C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0000 | 0.5 | 7 |
5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3934 | 0.4 | 5 |
12F | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.0220 | 1.0 | 13 |
17F | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1912 | 0.7 | 9 |
23B | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6588 | 0.4 | 5 |
20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0000 | 0.3 | 4 |
2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5845 | 0.2 | 3 |
35B | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0000 | 0.1 | 1 |
others | 8.5 | 10.9 | 0.1402 | 10.0 | 132 |