Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype Epidemiology among PCV-10 Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi County: A Cross-Sectional Study

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is a friendly gram positive inhabitant of the human upper respiratory tract but can be highly invasive in some conditions (. Some strains also have a greater potential to develop antibiotic resistance than others (. vaccines protect against several severe forms of pneumococcal disease, such as meningitis, pneumonia and bacteremia (. Various. Pneumococcal conjugate (PCVs) and polysaccharide (PPVs) vaccines are designed according to their virulence mechanisms and how they generally interact with the human immune system (n Objectives Course Objective : Serotype replacement and emergence of multidrug resistant. : A total of 206 vaccinated and unvaccinated children attending Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital (GCH) were recruited for this study. Nasopharyngeal swabs collected using Copan Flocked Swabs were the main study specimen. Culturing and isolation of. : Out of the 206 subjects sampled, 20.39% (42) were found to be carriers of. : All n