Prevalence of pneumococcal serotypes in invasive diseases in southern India

T. Jacob John; Rekha Pai; M. K. Lalitha; Mary V. Jesudason; K. N. Brahmadathan; G. Sridharan; M. C. Steinhoff

Prevalence of pneumococcal serotypes in invasive diseases in southern India

T. Jacob John, Rekha Pai, M. K. Lalitha, Mary V. Jesudason, K. N. Brahmadathan, G. Sridharan, M. C. Steinhoff

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Abstract

Forty two pneumococcal strains obtained in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, from 42 patients with invasive diseases, namely pneumonia, meningitis, or peritonitis were typed. Over one-third of pneumococci in children and nearly half in adults were serotype followed by serogroups/types 5, 6 and 7 which were most common in children and adults taken together. These 4 serogroups/types accounted for 11 (79%) of 14 strains in children and 20 (71%) of 28 strains in adults. The remaining 11 strains belonged to 8 serogroups/types, namely 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19 and 20.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-207
Number of pages	3
Journal	Indian Journal of Medical Research
Volume	104
Issue number	SEPT.
State	Published - Sep 1 1996

Keywords

Meningitis-peritonitis-pneumococcal
Pneumoniae
Serotypes-pneumonia-streptococcus

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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