Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Elderly: A Cross-sectional Study in Turkey.

Muammer Çelik Madina Abdulleyeva Sema Alp-Çavuş

Published in: Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology (2022)

Although pneumococcal colonization in older people is uncommon, most of the isolated serotypes are not PCV13 serotypes. The monitoring of pneumococcal serotypes can offer useful information about the circulation of this pathogen among older people and the potential protective effect of pneumococcal vaccines.

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