Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children

BACKGROUND: We assessed nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of five pathogens in febrile children with and without acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the upper (URTI) or lower tract, attending health facilities in Tanzania. METHODS: NP swabs collected from children (N = 960) aged 2 months to 10 years, an...

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Autores principales: Chochua, Sopio, D'Acremont, Valérie, Hanke, Christiane, Alfa, David, Shak, Joshua, Kilowoko, Mary, Kyungu, Esther, Kaiser, Laurent, Genton, Blaise, Klugman, Keith P., Vidal, Jorge E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27907156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167725

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27907156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167725

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