Comparison of the Prevalence of Common Bacterial Pathogens in the Oropharynx and Nasopharynx of Gambian Infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Odutola, Aderonke ^a   Antonio, Martin ^a   Owolabi, Olumuyiwa ^a   Bojang, Abdoulie ^a   Foster Nyarko, Ebenezer ^a   Donkor, Simon ^a   Adetifa, Ifedayo ^a   Taylor, Sylvia ^b   Bottomley, Christian ^c   Greenwood, Brian ^c   Ota, Martin ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GAMBIAN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORAXELLA; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNGEAL SWAB; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84884515392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075558     Document Type: Article

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