Clonal similarities and sequence-type diversity of invasive and carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae in India among children under 5 Years

Conclusion: The vaccine serotypes were the predominant ones found to be associated with IPD, PMEN clones, new STs and antimicrobial resistance. Accordingly, PCV13 is expected to provide invasive serotype coverage of 75% in Indian children less than 5 years. This study provides baseline serotype and sequence type data prior to the introduction of PCV in South India.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - January 28, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Rosemol Varghese Ayyanraj Neeravi Nithya Subramanian B Pavithra A Kavipriya Jones Lionel Kumar CP Girish Kumar Yuvraj Jeyraman G Karthik Valsan P Verghese Balaji Veeraraghavan Source Type: research