Baseline epidemiology and genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in southern Israel prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Nurith Porat; Rachel Benisty; Ronit Trefler; Doreen Ozalvo; Noga Givon-Lavi; Ron Dagan

doi:10.1128/JCM.03320-12

Baseline epidemiology and genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in southern Israel prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 May;51(5):1580-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03320-12. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Authors

Nurith Porat¹, Rachel Benisty, Ronit Trefler, Doreen Ozalvo, Noga Givon-Lavi, Ron Dagan

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. npurat@bgu.ac.il

Abstract

We characterized Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D from among previously identified S. pneumoniae serotype 6B strains from Jewish and Bedouin children in southern Israel during a decade before vaccination. S. pneumoniae serotype 6D isolates constituted 6.7% of the presumed S. pneumoniae serotype 6B isolates. S. pneumoniae serotype 6D strains belonged to 20 sequence types that were differentially distributed between the two ethnic groups.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
Pneumococcal Infections / prevention & control
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Retrospective Studies
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae* / classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae* / drug effects
Streptococcus pneumoniae* / genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae* / isolation & purification
Vaccination
Vaccines, Conjugate / administration & dosage

Substances

Pneumococcal Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate