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Table 3 Serotype distribution by age group

From: Age-related differences in management and outcomes in hospitalized healthy and well-functioning bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia patients: a cohort study

Serotype

Age < 65 years

(N = 132)

Age ≥ 65 years

(N = 71)

P value

3

17 (16)

15 (25.4)

0.143

4

11 (10.3)

2 (3.3)

0.138

8

9 (8.4)

4 (6.7)

0.772

1

15 (14.1)

7 (11.8)

0.678

19A

9 (8.4)

5 (8.4)

0.997

14

5 (4.7)

3 (5.1)

1

7F

19 (17.9)

4 (6.7)

0.033

22

4 (3.7)

3 (5.1)

0.701

Clusters

 High risk (3 + 6A+ 6B + 9 N + 19F + 19A + 23F)

28 (26.4)

22 (37.2)

0.145

 Intermediate risk (9 V + 12F + 14 + 22F)

8 (7.5)

5 (8.4)

1

 Low risk (1 + 7F + 8 + 4 + 5)

44 (41.5)

17 (28.8)

0.105

  1. Data are given as frequency (percentage). Percentages exclude patients with missing data