Nasopharyngeal carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ugandan children with sickle cell disease

BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is a determinant for invasive pneumococcal disease, which often complicates homozygous sickle cell disease. Here, we determined the nasopharyngeal carriage rate of S. pneumoniae in Ugandan children with homozygous sickle cell disease, w...

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Autores principales: Kateete, David P, Kajumbula, Henry, Kaddu-Mulindwa, Deogratias H, Ssevviri, Augustine K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22243524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-28

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22243524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-28

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