High prevalence of multiple serotypes of pneumococci in patients with pneumonia and their associated risk factors

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BACKGROUND: Multiple serotypes of pneumococci have epidemiological and clinical implications, such as the emergence of non-vaccine serotypes and the acquisition of antimicrobial resistance. Prevalence of multiple serotypes of pneumococci in adults and their risk factors are not known.

METHODS: We enrolled adult patients from age ≥15 years with radiologically confirmed pneumonia in four hospitals across Japan. Pneumococcal pneumonia was defined with a pneumococcal bacterial density of ≥104/mL in sputum by lytA quantitative PCR, and serotypes were determined. Pneumonias with a single serotype were categorised as single-serotype pneumococcal pneumonia and with two or more serotypes as multiple-serotype pneumococcal pneumonia. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the risk factors.

RESULTS: 3470 patients (median age 77 years, IQR 65-85) were enrolled. Pneumococcal pneumonia was identified in 476 (18.3%, n=2605) patients. Multiple serotypes were detected in 42% of them. Risk of having multiple serotypes was low among patients who had received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) vaccines (adjusted OR 0.51 (95% CI 0.27 to 0.94)). Proportion of non-PCV7 PPSV23 serotypes in overall distribution of multiple serotypes was 67.4% (n=324/481) compared with 46.4% (n=128/276) in that of single serotypes (p=0.001). Serotypes 5, 9N/9L, 10A, 12/22/46, 17F and 35F were associated with multiple-serotype pneumonia, and serotypes 6A/6B, 23F, 11 and 6C/6D were associated with single-serotype pneumonia. Proportion of more invasive serotypes (serotypes 1, 5, 7F, 8) was significantly higher in multiple-serotype pneumonia (p=0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Multiple serotypes of pneumococci are common in sputum of adult patients with pneumonia. The risk of multiple-serotype pneumococcal pneumonia is lower than that of single-serotype pneumococcal pneumonia among PPSV23-vaccinated patients.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: UMIN000006909.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Thorax - (2022) vom: 26. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dhoubhadel, Bhim Gopal [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Motoi [VerfasserIn]
Ishifuji, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Yaegashi, Makito [VerfasserIn]
Asoh, Norichika [VerfasserIn]
Ishida, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Hamaguchi, Sugihiro [VerfasserIn]
Aoshima, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Yasunami, Michio [VerfasserIn]
Ariyoshi, Koya [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Konosuke [VerfasserIn]
Adult Pneumonia Study Group-Japan (APSG-J) [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Masahiko [Sonstige Person]
Chikamori, Masayuki [Sonstige Person]
Furumoto, Akitsugu [Sonstige Person]
Hamashige, Naohisa [Sonstige Person]
Hosokawa, Naoto [Sonstige Person]
Ito, Hiroyuki [Sonstige Person]
Kakiuchi, Satoshi [Sonstige Person]
Kaneko, Norihiro [Sonstige Person]
Katoh, Shungo [Sonstige Person]
Katsurada, Naoko [Sonstige Person]
Kitashoji, Emi [Sonstige Person]
Matsuki, Kei [Sonstige Person]
Nakaoka, Hiroshi [Sonstige Person]
Nakashima, Kei [Sonstige Person]
Otsuka, Yoshihito [Sonstige Person]
Sando, Eiichiro [Sonstige Person]
Shibui, Kaori [Sonstige Person]
Shimazaki, Takaharu [Sonstige Person]
Suzuki, Daisuke [Sonstige Person]
Takaki, Masahiro [Sonstige Person]
Tanaka, Kenzo [Sonstige Person]
Tochitani, Kentaro [Sonstige Person]
Tsuchihashi, Yoshiko [Sonstige Person]
Wakabayashi, Takao [Sonstige Person]
Watanabe, Kiwao [Sonstige Person]
Yoshida, Lay-Myint [Sonstige Person]

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Bacterial infection
Clinical epidemiology
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Respiratory infection

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217979

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NLM340030003