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

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

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