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Seasonal Evaluation of Antigenic Bacterial Infections Among Working Class in the Inner City of Houston

This paper evaluates the monthly, quarterly, and seasonal variation of antigenic bacterial infections among the working class in the inner city of Houston using the Wellcogen Rapid Test methods. One of the aims was to demonstrate how this method could be used effectively in screening patients at ris...

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Autores principales: Anyanwu, Ebere C., Morad, Mohammed, Campbell, Andrew W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15349517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.135
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description This paper evaluates the monthly, quarterly, and seasonal variation of antigenic bacterial infections among the working class in the inner city of Houston using the Wellcogen Rapid Test methods. One of the aims was to demonstrate how this method could be used effectively in screening patients at risk and preventing the spread of antigenic bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae b, Streptococcus (Strep b), and Neisseria meningitidis (mainly group c and b). A total of 2,837 patients were screened for bacterial infections; 908 (32%) were male and 1,929 (68%) were female. The age range was between 2 and 70 years. Of the total group, 356 (12.5%) patients were positive; 203 (57%) were female while 153 (43%) were male (male/female ratio of 1:1.3). Medically underserved and immune suppressed populations are the most affected by these bacterial infections. Blacks are the most affected (48%) compared to Native Americans (1%), but children under 10 years of age have the highest incidence. This research showed, in addition, that the Wellcogen Rapid Tests are effective (356 cases identified) for a rapid screening of infectious bacteria. Explanation for these results was probably due to poor living conditions, poor hygiene, and viral immune suppression in adults and immature immune systems in neonates and children under 10 years of age.
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spelling pubmed-59564202018-06-03 Seasonal Evaluation of Antigenic Bacterial Infections Among Working Class in the Inner City of Houston Anyanwu, Ebere C. Morad, Mohammed Campbell, Andrew W. ScientificWorldJournal Research Article This paper evaluates the monthly, quarterly, and seasonal variation of antigenic bacterial infections among the working class in the inner city of Houston using the Wellcogen Rapid Test methods. One of the aims was to demonstrate how this method could be used effectively in screening patients at risk and preventing the spread of antigenic bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae b, Streptococcus (Strep b), and Neisseria meningitidis (mainly group c and b). A total of 2,837 patients were screened for bacterial infections; 908 (32%) were male and 1,929 (68%) were female. The age range was between 2 and 70 years. Of the total group, 356 (12.5%) patients were positive; 203 (57%) were female while 153 (43%) were male (male/female ratio of 1:1.3). Medically underserved and immune suppressed populations are the most affected by these bacterial infections. Blacks are the most affected (48%) compared to Native Americans (1%), but children under 10 years of age have the highest incidence. This research showed, in addition, that the Wellcogen Rapid Tests are effective (356 cases identified) for a rapid screening of infectious bacteria. Explanation for these results was probably due to poor living conditions, poor hygiene, and viral immune suppression in adults and immature immune systems in neonates and children under 10 years of age. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5956420/ /pubmed/15349517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.135 Text en Copyright © 2004 Ebere C. Anyanwu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort seasonal evaluation of antigenic bacterial infections among working class in the inner city of houston
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15349517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.135
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