Prevalence and clinical impact of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in solid organ transplant recipients

Prevalence and clinical impact of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in solid organ transplant recipients

Abstract Background S. pneumoniae is the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the solid organ transplant recipient (SOTR); nevertheless, the prevalence of colonization and of the colonizing/infecting serotypes has not been studied in this population. In this context, the aim of the prese...

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Main Authors: Cristina Roca-Oporto, Tania Cebrero-Cangueiro, María Luisa Gil-Marqués, Gema Labrador-Herrera, Younes Smani, Francisco Manuel González-Roncero, Luis Miguel Marín, Jerónimo Pachón, María Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez, Elisa Cordero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Solid organ transplant recipients and nasopharyngeal carriage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4321-8

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