Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children

Chochua, Sopio; D'Acremont, Valérie; Hanke, Christiane; Alfa, David; Shak, Joshua; Kilowoko, Mary; Kyungu, Esther; Kaiser, Laurent; Genton, Blaise; Klugman, Keith P; Vidal, Jorge E

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167725

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Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children

ContributorsChochua, Sopio; D'Acremont, Valérie; Hanke, Christiane; Alfa, David; Shak, Joshua; Kilowoko, Mary; Kyungu, Esther; Kaiser, Laurent; Genton, Blaise; Klugman, Keith P; Vidal, Jorge E

Published inPLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 12, e0167725

Publication date2016

Abstract

We assessed nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of five pathogens in febrile children with and without acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the upper (URTI) or lower tract, attending health facilities in Tanzania.

Keywords

Child
Child
Preschool
Female
Haemophilus influenzae/isolation & purification/pathogenicity
Humans
Infant
Infant
Newborn
Male
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis/isolation & purification/pathogenicity
Nasopharynx/microbiology/pathology
Pneumonia/diagnosis/epidemiology/microbiology/pathology
Prognosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae/isolation & purification/pathogenicity
Tanzania

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research group

Groupe Laurent Kaiser (virologie clinique) (668)

Citation (ISO format)

CHOCHUA, Sopio et al. Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children. In: PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, n° 12, p. e0167725. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167725