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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of grouped serotypes

From: Invasive pneumococcal infections in Vellore, India: clinical characteristics and distribution of serotypes

Serotype group

All patients

Fatal outcome

Any risk factor

Pneumonia

Meningitis

<2 years

  

(all = 233)

 

(all = 233)

 

(all = 229)

 

(all = 229)

 

(all = 244)

 
 

No

No(%)

P-value

No(%)

P-value

No(%)

P-value

No(%)

P-value

No(%)

P-value

  Invasive

59

8 (14%)

ns

25 (46.3%)

0.002

40 (75.5%)

<0.001

8 (15%)

ns (0.07)

5 (9%)

ns (0.07)

  Pediatric

91

20 (23%)

ns

53 (60.2%)

ns

30 (35.3%)

0.039

29 (34%)

0.03

26 (29%)

<0.001

  PCV10

128

23 (19%)

ns

68 (55.7%)

0.003

65 (54.6%)

0.001

28 (24%)

ns

27 (21%)

ns

  PCV13

157

32 (21%)

ns

87 (58.0%)

0.004

76 (51.7%)

0.004

31 (21%)

ns (0.06)

29 (19%)

ns

All serotypes

244

49 (21%)

 

151 (64.8%)

 

102 (44.5%)

 

58 (25%)

 

41 (17%)

 
  1. Clinical characteristics related to pneumococcal serotypes clustered into “invasive”, “pediatric”, PCV10 and PCV13 serotypes, with each group compared with all other serotypes. P-values calculated with Fisher’s exact test (two-sided).