Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples.
case_series · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/ciu384 and PMC identifier 4130311.
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Abstract
Molecular analyses of lung aspirates from Gambian children with severe pneumonia detected pathogens more frequently than did culture and showed a predominance of bacteria, principally Streptococcus pneumoniae, >75% being of serotypes covered by current pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Multiple pathogens were detected frequently, notably Haemophilus influenzae (mostly nontypeable) together with S. pneumoniae.
Medical subject headings
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Lung
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
- Streptococcus pneumoniae