Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Different Types of Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Dube, Felix S ^a   Kaba, Mamadou ^a   Whittaker, Elizabeth ^b,c,d   Zar, Heather J ^c,d   Nicol, Mark P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; CELLULOSE; NYLON; RAYON, PURIFIED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON SWAB; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FLOCKED SWAB; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; RAYON SWAB; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; DEVICES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CELLULOSE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; NYLONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROGROUP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84879473035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068097     Document Type: Article

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