Portadores faríngeos de Streptoccocus pneumoniae en dos grupos poblacionales. Ciudad Bolivar, estado Bolivar, Venezuela

INTRODUCTION. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen for humans that requires a prior pharyngeal colonization to cause disease, whose mortality is accentuated in children 6 years and older than 65 years of age. OBJECTIVE. To assess the prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of S pneumoniae in two populat...

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Main Authors: Ixora Requena-Certad, Carla Pacheco-Urbina, María de los Angeles Orta, N Marcano-Gallo, R Salazar-González
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2017-02-01
Series:Revista Biomédica
Online Access:http://revistabiomedica.mx/index.php/revbiomed/article/view/562