Pneumococcal carriage among sickle cell disease patients in Accra, Ghana: Risk factors, serotypes and antibiotic resistance

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal carriage is the precursor for development of pneumococcal disease, and is also responsible for transmission of the organism from person-to-person. Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are more likely to develop invasive disease with S. pneumoniae compared to their heal...

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Autores principales: Dayie, Nicholas T. K. D., Tetteh-Ocloo, Georgina, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Olayemi, Edeghonghon, Slotved, Hans-Christian, Lartey, Margaret, S. Donkor, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30408061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206728

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30408061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206728

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