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Table 2 Genotypes and antimicrobial resistance of select 6B and 19A isolates

From: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Western Australia carry different serotypes of pneumococci with different antimicrobial susceptibility profiles

Isolates (n) Ethnicity Serotype Antimicrobial resistancea PFGE typeb Sequence Typec
1 Aboriginal 6B cotrimoxazole (I), tetracycline (R) 59 385
1 Aboriginal 6B tetracycline (R) ND 385
4 Aboriginal (3), non-Aboriginal (1) 6B cotrimoxazole (R) 60 (2), ND (2) 185 (DLV 385)
1 Aboriginal 6B cotrimoxazole (R) ND 4276 (DLV 385)
4 Non-Aboriginal 6B multiresistant 58, ND 90
1 Non-Aboriginal 6B multiresistant ND 10265d+ (SLV 90)
1 Aboriginal 19A none 30 199
1 Aboriginal 19A none 28 199
1 Non-Aboriginal 19A none 11 199
1 Aboriginal 19A cotrimoxazole (R) 31 876 (SLV 199)
1 Non-Aboriginal 19A cotrimoxazole (R) ND 10264d (DLV 199)
2 Aboriginal, non-Aboriginal 19A none 18 172
1 Aboriginal 19A none 34 10262d
2 Aboriginal 19A none ND 10263d (SLV 10262)
1 Non-Aboriginal 19A cotrimoxazole (R) ND 162
4 (3 from 2008) Aboriginal 19A cotrimoxazole (R), tetracycline (R) ND 202
3 (from 2008) Aboriginal 19A multiresistant ND 320
  1. a I Intermediate, R Resistant, multiresistant resistant to cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, and tetracycline, and chloramphenicol and/or penicillin
  2. b ND not determined
  3. c SLV single locus variant, DLV double locus variant
  4. d ST first reported in this study
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