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Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Research

Genomic Insight into the Spread of Meropenem-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain23F-ST81, Taiwan

Yi-Yin Chen1, Yu-Chia Hsieh1Comments to Author , Yu-Nong Gong, Wei-Chao Liao, Shiao-Wen Li, Ian Yi-Feng Chang, Tzu-Lung Lin, Ching-Tai Huang, Cheng-Hsiu Chiu, Tsu-Lan Wu, Lin-Hui Su, Ting-Hsuan Li, and Ya-Yu Huang
Author affiliations: Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Y.-Y. Chen, Y.-C. Hsieh, C.-H. Chiu, T.-H. Li, Y.-Y. Huang); Chang Gung University, Taoyuan (Y.-N. Gong, W.-C. Liao, S.-W. Li, I.Y.-F. Chang, T.-L. Lin, T.-L. Wu, L.-H. Su); Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan (Y.-N. Gong, W.-C. Liao, C.-T. Huang, T.-L. Wu, L.-H. Su)

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Table 1

Serotype distribution and penicillin and meropenem susceptibility rates of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from 2 tertiary hospitals in Taiwan, 2013−2017*†

Serotype Isolates, no. No. (%) isolates
Meropenem
Penicillin, meningitis
Penicillin, nonmeningitis
S I R S I R S I R
PCV7
4 4 3 (75) 1 (25) 0 3 (75) NC 1 (25) 4 (100) 0 0
6B 8 6 (75) 2 (25) 0 1 (12.5) NC 7 (87.5) 8 (100) 0 0
9V 2 2 (100) 0 (0) 0 2 (100) NC 0 2 (100) 0 0
14 18 4 (22.2) 14 (77.8) 0 1 (5.6) NC 17 (94.4) 18 (100) 0 0
18C 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
19F 18 3 (16.7) 8 (44.4) 7 (38.9) 1 (5.6) NC 17 (94.4) 14 (77.8) 4 (22.2) 0
23F 10 5 (50) 5 (50) 0 0 NC 10 (100) 10 (100) 0 0
Subtotal
60
23 (38.3)
30 (50)
7 (11.7)

8 (13.3)
NC
52 (86.7)

56 (93.3)
4 (6.7)
0
PCV13−non-PCV7
1 1 0 1 (100) 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
3 15 15 (100) 0 0 9 (60) NC 6 (40) 15 (100) 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
6A 7 3 (42.9) 4 (57.1) 0 1 (14.3) NC 6 (85.7) 7 (100) 0 0
7F 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
19A 36 4 (11.1) 13 (36.1) 19 (52.8) 0 NC 36 (100) 31 (86.1) 5 (13.9) 0
Subtotal
59
22 (37.3)
18 (30.5)
19 (32.2)

10 (16.9)
NC
49 (83.1)

54 (91.5)
5 (8.5)
0
PPV23−non-PCV13
8 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
10A 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
11A 4 2 (50) 1 (25) 1 (25) 2 (50) NC 2 (50) 4 (100) 0 0
15B 17 1 (5.9) 8 (47.1) 8 (47.1) 0 NC 17 (100) 16 (94.1) 1 (5.9) 0
20 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
22F 3 3 (100) 0 0 3 (100) NC 0 3 (100) 0 0
33F 0 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
24
6 (25)
9 (37.5)
9 (34.6)

5 (19.2)
NC
19 (79.2)

23 (95.8)
1 (3.9)
0
NVT
6C 1 1 (100) 0 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
7B/C 2 2 (100) 0 0 1 (50) NC 1 (50) 2 (100) 0 0
9A/L 2 2 (100) 0 0 1 (50) NC 1 (50) 2 (100) 0 0
11B 1 1 (100) 0 0 1 (100) NC 0 1 (100) 0 0
11C 1 1 (100) 0 0 1 (100) NC 0 1 (100) 0 0
12 2 0 2 (100) 0 0 NC 2 (100) 2 (100) 0 0
15A 20 7 (35) 12 (60) 1 (5) 2 (10) NC 18 (90) 19 (95) 1 (5) 0
15C 12 2 (16.7) 8 (66.7) 2 (16.7) 2 (16.7) NC 10 (83.3) 10 (100) 0 0
15F 1 0 1(100) 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
18F 1 0 1 (100) 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
19B 1 1 (100) 0 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
23A 14 10 (71.4) 3 (21.4) 1 (7.2) 0 NC 14 (100) 14 (100) 0 0
23B 2 1 (50) 1 (50) 0 0 NC 2 (100) 2 (100) 0 0
35A/C 2 1 (50) 1 (50) 0 1 (50) NC 1 (50) 2 (100) 0 0
35B 1 1 (100) 0 0 0 NC 1 (100) 1 (100) 0 0
Subtotal 63 30 (47.6) 29 (46) 4 (6.3) 9 (14.3) NC 54 (85.7) 58 (98.3) 1 (1.7) 0

*I, intermediate; NC, not calculated; NVT, nonvaccine type; PCV7, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PCV13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPV23, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; R, resistant; S, susceptible.
†MICs for meropenem: S, <0.25; I, 0.5; R, >1; for penicillin, meningitis: S, <0.06; R, >0.12; and for penicillin, nonmeningitis: S, <2; I, 4; R, >8.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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