Objectives: To identify isolated S. pneumoniae serotypes correlating them with those covered by existing vaccines and determining antimicrobial resistance. Design: Descriptive, observational and longitudinal study. Setting: Daniel A Carrion Tropical Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, UNMSM. Biologic material: Streptococcus pneumoniae stocks. Interventions: Forty Streptococcus pneumoniae stocks isolated between 2002 and 2006 were serotyped at Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid, Spain; 15 were invasive, 11 isolated from localized infections, 6 from carriers and 8 were multiresistant. Main outcome measures: Protection of local existing vaccines to Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. Results: There were 14 different serotypes and most identified groups were 23, 19 and 6, 28,6% contained in the 7–valent vaccine, 42,9% in the 9-valent, 50% in the 11-valent and 71,4% in the 23-valent...

Introducción: En Chachapoyas hay numerosos pacientes con faringoamigdalitis aguda y cuadros clínicos con las complicaciones no supurativas que causa el Streptococcus pyogenes. Diseño: Estudio transversal. Lugar: Hospital I Higos Urco, EsSalud, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, e Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carrión, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Participantes: Pacientes con faringoamigdalitis aguda. Intervenciones: A 148 pacientes, seleccionados aleatoriamente, que acudieron al consultorio externo de otorrinolaringología por presentar cuadros clínicos compatibles con faringoamigdalitis aguda, se les tomó muestras de secreción faringoamigdaliana con hisopos y, usando el medio de transporte Amies con carbón (Difco), fueron enviados al Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carrión, en donde fueron procesados. Principales medidas de resultados: Presencia de Streptoc...