RESUMO

To determine whether serotypes of S. pneumoniae isolated from the nasopharynx (NP) are representative of data from patients with invasive disease, we collected NP swab specimens from children, between 3 months and 5 years and obtained data from 105 children hospitalized with invasive disease. The prevalence of penicillin nonsusceptible strains in the NP carriage and invasive disease group was 16.4% and 17%, respectively, in the first period and 42% and 45% in the second period. The serotypes 23F, 6A, 14 and 19F were the most common in the NP study and 14, 1, 5 and 6B were the most common in invasive infections.

Assuntos

Portador Sadio/microbiologia , Nasofaringe/microbiologia , Infecções Pneumocócicas/epidemiologia , Infecções Pneumocócicas/microbiologia , Streptococcus pneumoniae/classificação , Brasil/epidemiologia , Portador Sadio/epidemiologia , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lactente , Streptococcus pneumoniae/isolamento & purificação

Assuntos

Streptococcus pneumoniae