High prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adenoids and nasopharynx in preschool children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections in Poland – distribution of serotypes and drug resistance patterns

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the major bacterial pathogens colonizing nasopharynx, and often causes upper respiratory tract infections in children. We investigated the prevalence of S. pneumoniae in nasopharynx and adenoid core in 57 children aged 2–5 years who underwent adenoidect...

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Autores principales: Niedzielski, Artur, Korona-Glowniak, Izabela, Malm, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2013
Materias:
Clinical Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23328644
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883742

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23328644
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883742

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