Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients

Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known t...

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Autores principales: Hearn, Pasco, Turner, Claudia, Suy, Kuong, Soeng, Sona, Day, Nicholas P. J., Turner, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26874977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv109
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author Hearn, Pasco
Turner, Claudia
Suy, Kuong
Soeng, Sona
Day, Nicholas P. J.
Turner, Paul
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description Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known to be bacteraemic with B. pseudomallei. It appears unlikely that culture of nasopharyngeal secretions is helpful to confirm B. pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients.
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spelling pubmed-49985222016-08-29 Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients Hearn, Pasco Turner, Claudia Suy, Kuong Soeng, Sona Day, Nicholas P. J. Turner, Paul J Trop Pediatr Brief Reports Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known to be bacteraemic with B. pseudomallei. It appears unlikely that culture of nasopharyngeal secretions is helpful to confirm B. pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients. Oxford University Press 2016-08 2016-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4998522/ /pubmed/26874977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv109 Text en © The Author [2016]. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hearn, Pasco
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title Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
title_full Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
title_fullStr Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
title_full_unstemmed Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
title_short Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26874977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv109
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