Superiority of Trans-Oral over Trans-Nasal Sampling in Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization in Adults

The human nasopharynx is the main reservoir for Streptococcus pneumoniae. We applied conventional and molecular methods to determine the prevalence of S. pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization in adults. Paired trans-orally and trans-nasally obtained nasopharyngeal samples from 268 parents of 24-mon...

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Autores principales: Trzciński, Krzysztof, Bogaert, Debby, Wyllie, Anne, Chu, Mei Ling J. N., van der Ende, Arie, Bruin, Jacob P., van den Dobbelsteen, Germie, Veenhoven, Reinier H., Sanders, Elisabeth A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060520

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060520

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