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Table 4 Distributions of serotypes/subtypes in oral-penicillin-nonsusceptible isolates in China in 2000–2011

From: Population biology of 225 serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected in China

Years

No.

Serotypes/subtypes

CCs/STs

6A

6B-I

6B-II

CC90

CC386

CC855

CC3173

Singletons*

2000-2002

39

4(10.3%)

3(7.7%)

32(82.1%)

27(69.2%)

3(7.7%)

2(5.1%)

0(0.0%)

ST76 (3), ST473,ST802, ST902, ST4545

2003-2005

9

2(22.2%)

0(0.0%)

7(77.8%)

6(66.7%)

0(0.0%)

0(0.0%)

1(11.1%)

ST282,ST8742

2006-2008

12

3(25.0%)

2(16.7%)

7(58.3%)

6(50.0%)

0(0.0%)

2(16.7)

2(16.7%)

ST135

2009-2011

12

6(50.0%)

1(8.3%)

5(41.7%)

2(16.7%)

1(8.3%)

2(16.7%)

5(41.7%)

ST135,ST2766

Total

71

15(21.1%)

6(8.5%)

51(71.8%)

41(57.7%)

4(5.6%)

6(8.5%)

8(11.3%)

 
  1. Note: No oral-penicillin-nonsusceptible strain was present in 1997–1999.
  2. *The number of isolates is given in parentheses if more than one isolate was identified.