Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media

BACKGROUND: Nasal colonisation with otitis media (OM) pathogens, particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, is a precursor to the onset of OM. Many children experience asymptomatic nasal carriage of these pathogens whereas others will progress to otitis...

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Autores principales: Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, Byun, Roy, Nadkarni, Mangala, Jacques, Nicholas A, Hunter, Neil, Halpin, Stephen, Morris, Peter S, Leach, Amanda J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1479363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16686940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6815-6-10

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