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1363. Assessment and Quantification of Nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization Does Not Discriminate Between Children with Viral and Bacterial Respiratory Infection

BACKGROUND: Pediatric uncomplicated pneumonia can be caused by viruses, bacteria, and atypical pathogens. Unfortunately, readily-available diagnostics do not reliably identify which cases of uncomplicated pneumonia have a bacterial etiology. It has been suggested that measuring pneumococcal nasophar...

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Autores principales: Pernica, Jeffrey, Inch, Kristin, Alfaraidi, Haifa, Van Meer, Ania, Carciumaru, Redjana, Luinstra, Kathy, Smieja, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776622/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1545