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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Main Authors: Dayie, Nicholas T. K. D., Tetteh-Ocloo, Georgina, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Olayemi, Edeghonghon, Slotved, Hans-Christian, Lartey, Margaret, S. Donkor, Eric
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30408061
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206728
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