Prevalence and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C causing invasive disease in Gipuzkoa, northern Spain, 1990-2009

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;29(8):1035-8. doi: 10.1007/s10096-010-0947-6. Epub 2010 May 14.

Abstract

The recently discovered pneumococcus serotype 6C was responsible for ten of the 1,530 invasive isolates studied between 1990 and 2009. These ten isolates belonged to seven sequence types (STs) and were isolated only from adult patients: six with bacteremia, three with meningitis, and one with peritonitis. All isolates but one were fully penicillin-susceptible.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillins / pharmacology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Serotyping
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Penicillins