Longitudinal nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory bacteria in indigenous Australian and Alaska native children with bronchiectasis.

BACKGROUND: Indigenous children in Australia and Alaska have very high rates of chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD)/bronchiectasis. Antibiotics, including frequent or long-term azithromycin in Australia and short-term beta-lactam therapy in both countries, are often prescribed to treat these pat...

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Main Authors: Kim M Hare, Rosalyn J Singleton, Keith Grimwood, Patricia C Valery, Allen C Cheng, Peter S Morris, Amanda J Leach, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Mark Chatfield, Greg Redding, Alisa L Reasonover, Gabrielle B McCallum, Lori Chikoyak, Malcolm I McDonald, Ngiare Brown, Paul J Torzillo, Anne B Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3734249?pdf=render