Proportion of adult community-acquired pneumonia cases attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae among Hajj pilgrims in 2016

BACKGROUND: The Hajj mass gathering is a risk for pneumococcal disease. This study was performed to evaluate the proportion of adult community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) cases attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae among Hajj pilgrims in 2016. To add sensitivity to etiological attribution, a urine a...

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Autores principales: AlBarrak, Ali, Alotaibi, Badriah, Yassin, Yara, Mushi, Abdulaziz, Maashi, Fuad, Seedahmed, Yassein, Alshaer, Mohamed, Altaweel, Abdulaziz, Elshiekh, Husameddin, Turkistani, Abdulhafiz, Petigara, Tanaz, Grabenstein, John, Yezli, Saber
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29474989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.02.008