Superiority of trans-oral over trans-nasal sampling in detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in adults.

Superiority of trans-oral over trans-nasal sampling in detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in adults.

The human nasopharynx is the main reservoir for Streptococcus pneumoniae. We applied conventional and molecular methods to determine the prevalence of S. pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization in adults. Paired trans-orally and trans-nasally obtained nasopharyngeal samples from 268 parents of 24-mon...

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Main Authors: Krzysztof Trzciński, Debby Bogaert, Anne Wyllie, Mei Ling J N Chu, Arie van der Ende, Jacob P Bruin, Germie van den Dobbelsteen, Reinier H Veenhoven, Elisabeth A M Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610877?pdf=render

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