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Infant vaccination was started in 2011, thus the great majority of the children were unvaccinated. Pneumococci were cultured selectively, tested for antimicrobial susceptibility and serotyped. The presence of PI-1 and PI-2 was detected using PCR.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 398 viable isolates were obtained of which 134 (33.7%) showed the presence of PI-1. PI-1-positive isolates were most often seen in serotype 19F [30\/31 (96.8%)] and were of clade I, and in 6B [48\/58 (82.8%)] of clade II. PI-2-positive isolates were most common in serotype 19F [27\/31 (87.1%)]; all of them were also PI-1 positive. Of the PI-1-positive and PI-2-positive isolates, 118 (88.1%) and 31 (81.6%), respectively, were of vaccine serotypes. Both PI-1 and PI-2 were more often present in penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP) than in penicillin-susceptible pneumococci [PI-1 in 41\/58 (70.7%) and 93\/340 (27.4%), respectively, and PI-2 in 28\/58 (48.3%) and 10\/340 (2.9%), respectively].<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Genes for PI-1 and\/or PI-2 in pneumococci isolated from healthy Icelandic children are mainly found in isolates of vaccine serotypes and in PNSP isolates belonging to multiresistant international clones that have been endemic in the country.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dkv096","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,17]],"date-time":"2015-04-17T21:03:33Z","timestamp":1429304613000},"page":"2203-2208","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Prevalence of pilus genes in pneumococci isolated from healthy preschool 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