title: Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes: nine-year experience at a level-one trauma center.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from adults hospitalized with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) were collected at Regions Hospital in St. Paul from 2002 through 2010. Of 200 sequential, nonduplicative isolates collected and serotyped, serotypes 3, 7F and 19A were found to be the most common. Since 2008, all IPD cases have been caused by non-PCV7 serotypes. This article describes the study and its findings. It also provides an overview of the three vaccines used to protect against IPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota's College of Pharmacy, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: Ramy H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Elshaboury
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bergsbaken
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rotschafer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification*; D014193:Trauma Centers
chemical_list: D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines