Assessment of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization does not permit discrimination between Canadian children with viral and bacterial respiratory infection: a matched-cohort cross-sectional study

Assessment of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization does not permit discrimination between Canadian children with viral and bacterial respiratory infection: a matched-cohort cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Readily-available diagnostics do not reliably discriminate between viral and bacterial pediatric uncomplicated pneumonia, both of which are common. Some have suggested that assessment of pneumococcal carriage could be used to identify those children with bacterial pneumonia. The...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M. Pernica, Kristin Inch, Haifa Alfaraidi, Ania Van Meer, Redjana Carciumaru, Kathy Luinstra, Marek Smieja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Diagnostic microbiology
Pneumonia
Respiratory tract infection
Epidemiology
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06235-z

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