Nasopharyngeal colonisation with Streptococcus pneumoniae in malnourished children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 227-233

  Smith, Holly C ^a   German, Esther ^b   Ferreira, Daniela M ^b   Rylance, Jamie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Colonisation; Malnutrition; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD NUTRITION; DATA BASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 85066163694     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/try139     Document Type: Review

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