Recovery of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of smokers and nonsmokers

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2072-2075

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

haemophilus influenzae; Interference; Nasal flora; Nonhemolytic streptococci; Peptostreptococcus sp; Prevotella sp; Smoking; Streptococcus pneumoniae; hemolytic streptococci

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 21844448891     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.2072     Document Type: Article

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