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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Research

Serotype Changes and Drug Resistance in Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Adults after Vaccinations in Children, Japan, 2010–2013

Kimiko UbukataComments to Author , Naoko Chiba, Shigeo Hanada, Miyuki Morozumi, Takeaki Wajima, Michi Shouji, Satoshi Iwata, and Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group
Author affiliations: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Ubukata, N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, S. Iwata); Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo (S. Hanada); Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo (T. Wajima); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (M. Shouji)

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Table 1

Pneumococcal serotypes in isolates from adult patients with invasive pneumococcal diseases, Japan, April 2010–March 2013*

Vaccine serotype 2010–2011, no. (%), N = 275 2011–2012, no. (%), N = 213 2012–2013, no. (%), N = 227 p value†
PCV7
4 14 (5.1) 17 (8.0) 7 (3.1) 0.075
6B 41 (14.9) 24 (11.3) 12 (5.3) 0.003
9V 7 (2.5) 5 (2.3) 1 (0.4) 0.168
14 21 (7.6) 16 (7.5) 17 (7.5) 0.998
18C 1 (0.4) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.4) ND
19F 14 (5.1) 8 (3.8) 7 (3.1) 0.511
23F 21 (7.6) 13 (6.1) 9 (4.0) 0.232
Total
119 (43.3)
84 (39.4)
54 (23.8)
<0.001
PCV13
1 1 (0.4) 1 (0.5) 0 ND
3 45 (16.4) 27 (12.7) 42 (18.5) 0.226
5 0 0 1 (0.4) ND
6A 11 (4.0) 4 (1.9) 6 (2.6) 0.367
7F 9 (3.3) 2 (0.9) 3 (1.3) 0.128
19A 18 (6.5) 11 (5.2) 17 (7.5) 0.593
Total
203 (73.8)
129 (60.6)
123 (54.2)
<0.001
PPSV23
10A 10 (3.6) 8 (3.8) 11 (4.8) 0.754
11A 3 (1.1) 8 (3.8) 5 (2.2) 0.142
15B 3 (1.1) 4 (1.9) 5 (2.2) 0.605
22F 10 (3.6) 19 (8.9) 18 (7.9) 0.040
Other‡ 8 (2.9) 1 (0.5) 8 (3.5) 0.082
Total
226 (82.2)
165 (77.5)
164 (72.2)
0.036
Nonvaccine serotype
6C 13 (4.7) 12 (5.6) 17 (7.5) 0.407
15A 6 (2.2) 10 (4.7) 8 (3.5) 0.310
15C 0 4 (1.9) 4 (1.8) ND
23A 2 (0.7) 8 (3.8) 8 (3.5) 0.053
35B 7 (2.5) 6 (2.8) 9 (4.0) 0.626
37 3 (1.1) 0 1 (0.4) ND
38 3 (1.1) 2 (0.9) 3 (1.3) 0.928
Other§ 3 (1.1) 2 (0.9) 5 (2.2) 0.454
Total
37 (13.5)
44 (20.7)
55 (24.2)
0.007
Nontypeable¶ 1 (0.4) 0 2 (0.9)

*Years run from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. ND, not determined because of a low number of strains.
†p values characterize comparisons of 2010–2011, 2011–2012, and 2012–2013.
‡Serotypes 12F, 20, and 33F.
§Serotypes 6D, 7C, 16F, 18B, 24F, and 34.
¶These serotypes were excluded from the statistical analysis because they were unclassifiable.

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