Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage among Bhutanese children hospitalized with clinical pneumonia: serotypes and viral co-infection

Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage among Bhutanese children hospitalized with clinical pneumonia: serotypes and viral co-infection

Abstract Background Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization (PNC) generally precedes pneumococcal disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PNC and to identify the pneumococcal serotypes circulating among Bhutanese children under five years of age admitted with clinical...

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Main Authors: Sophie Jullien, Ragunath Sharma, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Desiree Henares, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro, Quique Bassat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumonia
Colonization
Bhutan
Child preschool
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05674-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05674-4

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