Journal article
Pneumococcal Colonization and the Nasopharyngeal Microbiota of Children in Botswana
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the predominant bacterial respiratory pathogen during childhood. Nasopharyngeal colonization precedes infections caused by S. pneumoniae. Interactions between S. pneumoniae and the nasopharyngeal microbial communities of children are poorly described. We collected nasopharyngeal swabs from 170 children 1 to 23 months of age without pneumonia in Botswana between August 2012 and June 2016. We tested these samples for …
Authors
Kelly M; Surette M; Smieja M; Rossi L; Luinstra K; Steenhoff A; Goldfarb D; Arscott-Mills T; Boiditswe S; Rulaganyang I
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Vol. 4, No. suppl_1, pp. s233–s233
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
October 1, 2017
DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofx163.490
ISSN
2328-8957