Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients
<p style="text-align:justify;"> Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of sa...
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2016
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| author | Hearn, P Turner, C Suy, K Soeng, S Day, N Turner, P |
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| description | <p style="text-align:justify;"> Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known to be bacteraemic with B. pseudomallei. It appears unlikely that culture of nasopharyngeal secretions is helpful to confirm B. pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients. </p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c58cf415-c34a-41f9-ab85-e6cf61ffe7d92022-03-27T06:31:51ZLack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patientsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c58cf415-c34a-41f9-ab85-e6cf61ffe7d9EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2016Hearn, PTurner, CSuy, KSoeng, SDay, NTurner, P <p style="text-align:justify;"> Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known to be bacteraemic with B. pseudomallei. It appears unlikely that culture of nasopharyngeal secretions is helpful to confirm B. pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients. </p> |
| spellingShingle | Hearn, P Turner, C Suy, K Soeng, S Day, N Turner, P Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title | Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title_full | Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title_fullStr | Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title_short | Lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
| title_sort | lack of utility of nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in paediatric patients |
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