Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in aged adults with influenza-like-illness.

Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in aged adults with influenza-like-illness.

Incidence of pneumococcal disease is disproportionally high in infants and elderly. Nasopharyngeal colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae is considered a prerequisite for disease but unlike in children, carriage in elderly is rarely detected. Here, we tested for S. pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal and...

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Egile Nagusiak: Cassandra L Krone, Anne L Wyllie, Josine van Beek, Nynke Y Rots, Anna E Oja, Mei Ling J N Chu, Jacob P Bruin, Debby Bogaert, Elisabeth A M Sanders, Krzysztof Trzciński
Formatua: Artikulua
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Saila:PLoS ONE
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119875

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119875

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