Density of upper respiratory colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its role in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among children aged <5 5 years in the PERCH study

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Previous studies suggested an association between upper airway pneumococcal colonization density and pneumococcal pneumonia, but data in children are limited. Using data from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study, we assessed this po...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Baggett, HC, Watson, NL, Knoll, M, Brooks, WA, Feikin, DR, Hammitt, LL, Howie, SRC, Kotloff, KL, Levine, OS, Madhi, SA, Murdoch, DR, Scott, JAG, Thea, DM, Antonio, M, Awori, JO, Baillie, VL, DeLuca, AN, Driscoll, AJ, Duncan, J, Ebruke, BE, Goswami, D, Higdon, MM, Karron, RA, Moore, DP, Morpeth, SC, Mulindwa, JM, Park, DE, Paveenkittiporn, W, Piralam, B, Prosperi, C, Sow, SO, Tapia, MD, Zaman, K, Zeger, SL, O'Brien, KL
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: Oxford University Press 2017