Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 38 emerges as one of the dominant serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany and Poland, but not in the Netherlands

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia and invasive diseases. Vaccination prevents pneumococcal disease caused by vaccine serotypes but leads to an increase in disease caused by non-vaccine serotypes. We aimed to characterise serotype 38 isolates from invasive pneu...

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Published in:	The Journal of infection Vol. 91; no. 1; p. 106519
Main Authors:	Hajji, Karim, Wróbel-Pawelczyk, Izabela, van Veldhuizen, Janieke, Maruhn, Karsten, Miellet, Willem R., Mariman, Rob, Steens, Anneke, van Sorge, Nina M., Trzciński, Krzysztof, van der Linden, Mark P.G., Skoczyńska, Anna, Visser, Linda J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2025
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Child Child, Preschool Drug Resistance, Bacterial Epidemiology Female Germany - epidemiology Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious Disease Invasive pneumococcal disease Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Netherlands - epidemiology Phylogeny Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Poland - epidemiology Serogroup Serotype 38 Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Surveillance Vaccine preventable diseases Young Adult Poland Netherlands Germany Vaccine preventable diseases Invasive pneumococcal disease Surveillance Epidemiology Serotype 38 Streptococcus pneumoniae
ISSN:	0163-4453, 1532-2742, 1532-2742
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