Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization in children in Brasov, Central Romania: high antibiotic resistance and coverage by conjugate vaccines.

Abstract:We report high colonization rates among 400 healthy infants and children, and moderate (66%) coverage by PCV7 and PCV10, with a superior (80%) PCV13 coverage. Most frequent serotypes were 23F, 6B, 19F, and 14. Resistance to penicillin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethox