Assessment of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization does not permit discrimination between Canadian children with viral and bacterial respiratory infection: a matched-cohort cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Readily-available diagnostics do not reliably discriminate between viral and bacterial pediatric uncomplicated pneumonia, both of which are common. Some have suggested that assessment of pneumococcal carriage could be used to identify those children with bacterial pneumonia. The objectiv...

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Autores principales: Pernica, Jeffrey M., Inch, Kristin, Alfaraidi, Haifa, Van Meer, Ania, Carciumaru, Redjana, Luinstra, Kathy, Smieja, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8165673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34059003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06235-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8165673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34059003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06235-z

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