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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Dispatch

Pneumococcal Infection among Children before Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Cambodia

Paul TurnerComments to Author , Claudia Turner, Kuong Suy, Sona Soeng, Sokeng Ly, Thyl Miliya, David Goldblatt, and Nicholas P.J. Day
Author affiliations: Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, Siem Reap, Cambodia (P. Turner, C. Turner, K. Suy); Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (P. Turner, C. Turner, N.P.J. Day); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (P. Turner. C. Turner, N.P.J. Day); Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap (S. Soeng, S. Ly, T. Miliya); University College London, London, UK (D. Goldblatt)

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Table 2

Serotypes of invasive pneumococcal isolates from hospitalized children, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2013–2014*

Specimen type No. PCV13 serotype, no. (%) Serotypes, (no.)
Blood 35 31 (88.6) 1 (10), 6B (9), 14 (4), 23F (3), 6A (2), 12F† (1), 16F† (1), 19F (1), 19A (1), 18C (1), 28F† (1), nontypeable† (1)
Cerebrospinal fluid‡ 3 3 (100) 1 (1), 6B (1), 19A (1)
Pleural fluid‡ 4 4 (100) 1 (2), 5 (1), 19A (1)
Vitreous fluid 1 0 (0) Nontypeable (1)†
Total 43 38 (88.4) 1 (13), 6B (10), 14 (4), 19A (3), 23F (3), 6A (2), NT† (2), 5 (1), 12F† (1), 16F† (1), 19F (1), 18C (1), 28F† (1)

*PCV13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
†Non-PCV13 serotypes.
‡Identical pneumococci were isolated from pleural fluid for 3 patients and from cerebrospinal fluid for 2 patients.

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