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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Research

Serotype Changes and Drug Resistance in Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in Adults after Vaccinations in Children, Japan, 2010–2013

Kimiko UbukataComments to Author , Naoko Chiba, Shigeo Hanada, Miyuki Morozumi, Takeaki Wajima, Michi Shouji, Satoshi Iwata, and Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group
Author affiliations: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Ubukata, N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, S. Iwata); Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo (S. Hanada); Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo (T. Wajima); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (M. Shouji)

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Table 3

Isolates positive for invasive pneumococcal diseases in adults, by age group, Japan, April 2010–March 2013

Disease No. (%) Mean age, y (±SD)
p value
Total
19–49
50–64
65–74
75–84
>85
Pneumonia* 375 (52.4) 33 (39.8) 66 (42.0) 103 (49.8) 105 (60.7) 68 (71.6) 74 (14.9) <0.001
Bacteremia and sepsis† 172 (24.1) 20 (24.1) 42 (26.8) 55 (26.6) 34 (19.7) 21 (22.1) 70 (15.0) 0.497
Meningitis 127 (17.8) 24 (28.9) 38 (24.2) 37 (17.9) 22 (12.7) 6 (6.3) 65 (14.4) <0.001
Other‡
41 (5.7)
6 (7.2)
11 (7.0)
12 (5.8)
12 (6.9)
0
67 (14.5)
0.133
Total 715 83 157 207 173 95 70 (14.9)

*Includes empyema (n = 17) and pleuritis (n = 16).
†Bacteremia (n = 39), sepsis (n = 51), severe sepsis (n = 58), and septic shock (n = 24).
‡Cellulitis (n = 7), arthritis (n = 6), spondylitis (n = 4), peritonitis (n = 3), and other conditions.

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