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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 12 1996, 3218-3222, Vol 34, No. 12
Copyright © 1996 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Clonal and temporal patterns of nasopharyngeal penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae stains in children attending a day care center

JL Pons, MN Mandement, E Martin, C Lemort, M Nouvellon, E Mallet and JF Lemeland
Laboratoire de Bacteriologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, Hopital Charles Nicolle, France.

The nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-susceptible and penicillin- resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PSSp and PRSp, respectively) was analyzed in 116 children attending a day care center in Rouen, France, by three observation periods in November, January, and March of the winter of 1993 to 1994. The carriage rate of S. pneumoniae was found to be 47.7, 47.3, and 49.6% at each different observation period, and PRSp accounted for 42.2, 40.3, and 40.6% of pneumococcal isolates, respectively. The 52 isolates recovered in November were distributed in 34 electrophoretic types (ETs) by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; 15 PRSp isolates, all of serotype 23F, belonged to a clonal complex of five ETs, representing the dominant population of PRSp in November. The temporal pattern of S. pneumoniae carriage was studied in 17 children who were colonized at the three periods by multilocus enzyme analysis of their isolates. The PSSp isolated, exhibiting distinct ETs, were transient only among these day care attendees. In contrast, most of the PRSp isolated in January and March belonged to the clonal complex. Thus, this PRSp population was resident in the day care center throughout the study period.


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