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Density of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study

BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggested an association between upper airway pneumococcal colonization density and pneumococcal pneumonia, but data in children are limited. Using data from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study, we assessed this potential association. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Baggett, Henry C, Watson, Nora L, Deloria Knoll, Maria, Brooks, W Abdullah, Feikin, Daniel R, Hammitt, Laura L, Howie, Stephen R C, Kotloff, Karen L, Levine, Orin S, Madhi, Shabir A, Murdoch, David R, Scott, J Anthony G, Thea, Donald M, Antonio, Martin, Awori, Juliet O, Baillie, Vicky L, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Duncan, Julie, Ebruke, Bernard E, Goswami, Doli, Higdon, Melissa M, Karron, Ruth A, Moore, David P, Morpeth, Susan C, Mulindwa, Justin M, Park, Daniel E, Paveenkittiporn, Wantana, Piralam, Barameht, Prosperi, Christine, Sow, Samba O, Tapia, Milagritos D, Zaman, Khalequ, Zeger, Scott L, O’Brien, Katherine L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28575365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix100