Pneumococci Isolated From Children in Community-Based Practice Differ From Isolates Identified by Population- and Laboratory-Based Invasive Disease Surveillance
Department
Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Abstract
Background: Characterizing strains causing noninvasive and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) may inform the impact of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs).
Methods: During 2011-2019, among children aged 6-36 months, pneumococcal serotype distribution and antibiotic nonsusceptibility of nasopharyngeal and middle ear fluid (MEF) isolates collected at onset of acute otitis media (AOM) in Rochester, New York, were compared with IPD isolates from the Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) system across 10 US sites.
Results: From Rochester, 400 (nasopharyngeal) and 156 (MEF) pneumococcal isolates were collected from 259 children. From ABCs, 907 sterile-site isolates were collected from 896 children. Non-PCV serotypes 35B and 21 were more frequent among the Rochester AOM cases, while serotypes 3, 19A, 22F, 33F, 10A, and 12F contained in PCVs were more frequent among ABCs IPD cases. The proportion of antibiotic-nonsusceptible pneumococcal isolates was generally more common among IPD cases. In 2015-2019, serotype 35B emerged as the most common serotype associated with multiclass antibiotic nonsusceptibility for both the Rochester AOM and ABCs IPD cases.
Conclusions: Pneumococcal isolates from children in Rochester with AOM differ in serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility compared to IPD cases identified through US surveillance. Non-PCV serotype 35B emerged as a common cause of AOM and IPD.
First Page
1243
Last Page
1252
DOI
10.1093/infdis/jiae184
Volume
230
Issue
5
Publication Date
11-15-2024
Medical Subject Headings
Humans; Streptococcus pneumoniae (isolation & purification, classification, drug effects); Pneumococcal Infections (microbiology, epidemiology); Child, Preschool; Infant; Male; Female; Serogroup; Otitis Media (microbiology, epidemiology); Nasopharynx (microbiology); Anti-Bacterial Agents (pharmacology); Pneumococcal Vaccines (administration & dosage, immunology); United States (epidemiology); New York (epidemiology); Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Population Surveillance
PubMed ID
38591247
Recommended Citation
Kaur, R., Gierke, R., McGee, L., Gonzalez, E., Kobayashi, M., & Pichichero, M. (2024). Pneumococci Isolated From Children in Community-Based Practice Differ From Isolates Identified by Population- and Laboratory-Based Invasive Disease Surveillance. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 230 (5), 1243-1252. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae184