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. 2022 Jan;41(1):37-44.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04324-0. Epub 2021 Aug 25.

Dynamic changes in otopathogens colonizing the nasopharynx and causing acute otitis media in children after 13-valent (PCV13) pneumococcal conjugate vaccination during 2015-2019

Ravinder Kaur  1 , Naoko Fuji  1 , Michael E Pichichero  2
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Dynamic changes in otopathogens colonizing the nasopharynx and causing acute otitis media in children after 13-valent (PCV13) pneumococcal conjugate vaccination during 2015-2019

Ravinder Kaur et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

The otopathogens colonizing the nasopharynx (NP) and causing acute otitis media (AOM) have shown dynamic changes following introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Five hundred eighty-nine children were prospectively enrolled, 2015-2019. Two thousand fifty-nine visits (1528 healthy, 393 AOM, and 138 AOM follow-up) were studied. Two thousand forty-two NP and 495 middle ear fluid (MEF) samples by tympanocentesis from 319 AOM cases were cultured for bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) isolates were serotyped by Quellung, and multi-locus sequence type (ST) determined by genomic analysis. Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) was the most common otopathogen cultured from MEF during AOM (34% in MEF) followed by Spn (24% in MEF), then Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) (15% in MEF). NP isolates during healthy visit were Mcat (39%), Spn (32%), Hi (12%). 48.6% of Hi isolates from MEF were beta-lactamase-producing. Spn non-susceptibility to penicillin and other antibiotics was high. The most common Spn serotypes associated with AOM (and colonizing the NP during healthy visits) were 35B, 23B, and 15B/C. ST558 and ST199 were the most common sequence types. During 2015-2019, Hi was the most common otopathogen cultured from MEF during AOM among young children. Pneumococcal AOM was most commonly caused by non-PCV13 serotypes of Spn, predominantly 35B, 23B, and 15B/C. Resistance to common antibiotics among Spn strains showed an increasing trend.

Keywords: Antibiotic susceptibility; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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