Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Different Types of Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Children

BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is important to assess the impact of vaccination and the pathogenesis of pneumococcal disease. We compared the recovery of S. pneumoniae from nylon flocked, Dacron and rayon swabs. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Dube, Felix S., Kaba, Mamadou, Whittaker, Elizabeth, Zar, Heather J., Nicol, Mark P.
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/PMC3694050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068097

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068097

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