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Pneumococcal colonization among tracheostomy tube dependent children

Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization is a precursor to pneumococcal disease. Although children with a tracheostomy have an increased risk of pneumococcal pneumonia, the pneumococci colonizing their lower airways remain largely uncharacterized. We sought to compare lower respiratory tract isolates c...

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Autores principales: Erdem, Guliz, Singh, Anirudh K., Brusnahan, Anthony J., Moore, Amber N., Barson, William J., Leber, Amy, Vidal, Jorge E., Atici, Serkan, King, Samantha J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30339709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206305