Field Evaluation of Culture plus Latex Sweep Serotyping for Detection of Multiple Pneumococcal Serotype Colonisation in Infants and Young Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Paul ^a,b,c,e   Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c,e   Jankhot, Auscharee ^a   Phakaudom, Kawalee ^a   Nosten, Francois ^a,b,c   Goldblatt, David ^d  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX SWEEP METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84879764586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067933     Document Type: Article

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