Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children aged 30 days to <60 months in Beijing and Shenzhen, China (2018–2021) during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

ObjectivesTo describe the carriage rate, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) nasopharyngeal (NP) isolates among healthy children aged 30 days to &lt;60 months in the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen during 2018–2021.MethodsA...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Qianqian Du, Zhaoqiu Liu, Hongmei Wang, Yani Wang, Li Liu, Xuexia Wen, Sangjie Yu, Qingqing Ren, Elisa Gonzalez, Adriano Arguedas, Mark A. Fletcher, Kaijie Pan, Graciela Del Carmen Morales, Jikui Deng, Kaihu Yao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-09-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2024.1382165/full