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Naso-pharyngeal carriage of organisms in children aged 3–59 months diagnosed with severe community-acquired pneumonia

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Abstract

Objective

To study the naso-pharyngeal carriage of organisms in children diagnosed with severe pneumonia.

Methods

Nasopharyngeal aspirate and swabs for microbiological analyses were collected from 377 children aged 3–59 months with severe pneumonia.

Results

28.6% of the samples were positive for S. pneumoniae, 9.6% were positive for H. influenzae, and 8.5% were positive for both the organisms. Respiratory syncytial virus was detected in 27% of samples. The rate of isolation of S. pneumonia and H. influenzae was significantly more in the age group of 12–59 months.

Conclusions

In children with severe pneumonia, most common organisms isolated/detected from naso-pharyngeal aspirates were S.pneumoniae and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, India

    Meenu Singh, Amit Agarwal & Rashmi Ranjan Das

  2. Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Nishant Jaiswal & Pallab Ray

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Singh, M., Agarwal, A., Ranjan Das, R. et al. Naso-pharyngeal carriage of organisms in children aged 3–59 months diagnosed with severe community-acquired pneumonia. Indian Pediatr 53, 125–128 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0805-4

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