Upper airway carriage by Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Australian aboriginal children hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infection.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1994 Mar; 25(1): 123-31
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31301
ABSTRACT
When nasopharyngeal secretions from 171 Australian Aboriginal children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) were cultured selectively for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, 136 (79.5%) and 151 (88.3%) children yielded 166 and 254 isolates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae, respectively. In colonized subjects multiple populations of S. pneumoniae (20% of carriage-positive patients) and H. influenzae (55%) were common. Pneumococci belonging to 27 types or groups were identified. H. influenzae serotype b colonized 16.4% of all children studied. More than one half of 152 children tested were excreting antibiotics at the time of admission to hospital. Significantly fewer children with serum antibiotic residues were colonized with S. pneumoniae than were antibiotic free children. Antibiotic usage had no measurable impact on the isolation rate of H. influenzae.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Pneumocócicas
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Infecções Respiratórias
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Recém-Nascido
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Resíduos de Drogas
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Portador Sadio
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Sorotipagem
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1994
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