Before use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV7 became widespread in Turkey, 202 invasive pneumococcus isolates were analyzed. The most common serotypes were 19F and 6B. In children <= 2 years of age, the potential coverage rate of PCV7 was 69.5%. The most frequent non-PCV7 serotypes were 19A, 3, 1, 6A, and 8.
Before use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV7 became widespread in Turkey, 202 invasive
pneumococcus isolates were analyzed. The most common serotypes were 19F and 6B. In children <2 years of
age, the potential coverage rate of PCV7 was 69.5%. The most frequent non-PCV7 serotypes were 19A, 3, 1, 6A,
and 8.