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Serotyping, antimicrobial resistance tests, and genomic analyses were conducted to characterize these strains.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results and discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The three most invasive serotypes were 23F, 14, and 6B. The invasive pneumococcal isolates' respective resistance rates against penicillin, ceftriaxone, tetracycline, and erythromycin were 34.5%, 15.5%, 98.3%, and 94.7%. Whole-genome sequencing indicated that the predominant invasive clonal complexes were CC271, CC876, and CC81. The high rate of penicillin non-susceptible <jats:italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> (PNSP) is related to the clonal distribution of resistance-conferring penicillin-binding proteins (PBP). Interestingly, we found a negative correlation between invasiveness and resistance in the invasive pneumococcal serotype strains, which might be due to the proclivity of certain serotypes to retain their \u03b2-lactam resistance. Moreover, the mutually exclusive nature of <jats:italic>zmpC<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>rrgC+srtBCD <\/jats:italic>suggests their intricate and potentially redundant roles in promoting the development of IPD. 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