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Table 1 Characteristics of two patients (case A and B) with invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypeable and non-serotypeable co-disease, South Africa

From: Two cases of serotypeable and non-serotypeable variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae detected simultaneously during invasive disease

 

Case A

Case B

Age range in years

10–14

10–14

Gender

male

male

HIV status

unkown

unknown

Specimen

cerebrospinal fluid

blood

Year identified

2009

2010

Diagnosis

meningitis

unknown

Co-detected serotypes

non-serotypeable and serotype 1

non-serotypeable and serotype 18C

Isolated serotypes

anon-serotypeable

non-serotypeable and 18C

  1. aPure culture for serotype 1 could not be obtained due to its low representation in the mixed culture (see Results for more information)