Temporal trends and molecular epidemiology of recently described serotype 6C of Streptococcus pneumoniae

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Feb;47(2):472-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01984-08. Epub 2008 Dec 10.

Abstract

We studied the epidemiology of the recently described serotype 6C of Streptococcus pneumoniae among a collection of carriage isolates recovered between 1996 and 2007 in Portugal. Of 4,064 isolates, 106 (2.6%) were of serotype 6C, 17.9% of which were multidrug resistant. The strains were genetically diverse.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Portugal / epidemiology
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*