Abstract:Streptococcus pneumoniae colonises the nasopharynx of children and could cause life-threatening diseases. As a result of the implementation of conjugate vaccines worldwide the spread of vaccine serotypes has decreased. In Bulgaria PCV10 was introduced in 2010 followed by changes in the invasive clones carrying resistance genes. The aim of our study is to determine the serotype distribution and resistance patterns of isolates from children carriers after vaccination. A total of 834 children were tested for S. p… Show more
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