Fig. 3

The combined results of the 141 serotypes/serogroups identified by multiplex PCR or Sequetyping in the cultured, living pneumococcal isolates (n = 32) and by multiplex PCR in the non-viable pneumococcal isolates stored in tubes containing bacteria and STGG medium (n = 83). In 21 of these tubes containing non-viable bacteria, two or more serotypes/serogroups could be detected (two serotypes/serogroups in 17 cases; three serotypes/groups in three cases and four serotypes/groups in one case). * One culturable isolate could be determined by Sequetyping as 6B