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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