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

J. M. Marimon (1, 2) , M. Ercibengoa (2) , M. Alonso (1, 2) , G. García-Medina (2) , E. Pérez-Trallero (1, 2, 3)

1 Servicio de Microbiología
2 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias CIBERES
3 Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina

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.

Mots clés: Life Sciences

J. M. Marimon, M. Ercibengoa, M. Alonso, G. García-Medina, E. Pérez-Trallero. Prevalence and molecular characterization of serotype 6C causing invasive disease in Gipuzkoa, northern Spain, 1990-2009. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2010, 29 (8), pp.1035-1038. ⟨10.1007/s10096-010-0947-6⟩. ⟨hal-00593343⟩