Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children.

BACKGROUND:We assessed nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of five pathogens in febrile children with and without acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the upper (URTI) or lower tract, attending health facilities in Tanzania. METHODS:NP swabs collected from children (N = 960) aged 2 months to 10 years, and...

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Principais autores:	Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P Klugman, Jorge E Vidal
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
coleção:	PLoS ONE
Acesso em linha:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5132320?pdf=render
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