Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Tehran by Multiplex PCR: Are serotypes of clinical and carrier isolates identical?

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of invasive infections among both young children and elderly people. Common serotypes causing invasive diseases and the emergence of carriers of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Iran is not yet known. Past-vaccine surveillance studies of serotype prevalence patterns in Iran are necessary to monitor the epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Because of variation of pneumococcal serotypes in different geographical regions, in this study we evaluated common serotypes causing pneumococcal infections and healthy carrier children in Tehran by Multiplex PCR.

Materials and methods

A total of 150 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from healthy children in Tehran between December 2011 and August a2012, and 100

SUBMITTER: Mousavi SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3895558 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature