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Volume 62, Issue 8

Changes in serotype prevalence and antimicrobial resistance among invasive isolates in Korea, 1996–2008 Free

Abstract

We investigated changes in serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities among 386 isolates of invasive collected from numerous hospitals in Korea from 1996 to 2008. Serotypes 19F (9.8 %), 23F (8.3 %), 19A (7.8 %), 6A (7.5 %), 3 (7.3 %), 9V (6.5 %), 6B (6.2 %), 14 (4.9 %), 1 (3.9 %), 11A (3.9 %) and 4 (3.1 %) represented 69.2 % of all isolates. While the overall proportion of PCV7 serotypes was stable over time, we observed modest decreases in children <5 years old and in adults ≥65 years old between 1996–1999 and 2007–2008. An increased prevalence of non-PCV7 serotypes in these age groups was primarily attributable to an increase in serotypes 3, 6A and 19A. Most invasive isolates showed high resistance rates to erythromycin (74.9 %), tetracycline (71.1 %) and clindamycin (61.7 %). Between 1996–2003 and 2004–2008, non-susceptibility rates to cefotaxime and multi-drugs (three or more classes) in PCV7 serotypes showed a declining trend, while in non-PCV7 serotypes there was an increasing trend. Non-PCV7 serotypes 6A and 19A, which mostly exhibited multidrug-resistant phenotypes (69.0 % and 76.7 % respectively), increased between 1996–2003 and 2004–2008. Although PCV7 was introduced in Korea in November 2003, pneumococcal vaccination has not been included in the national child vaccination programme. Our results provide details of serotype occurrence that will be useful when adoption of universal pneumococcal vaccination in Korea is being considered.

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Changes in serotype prevalence and antimicrobial resistance among invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Korea, 1996–2008
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