2013-05-01
Nasopharyngeal carriage of klebsiella pneumoniae and other gram-negative bacilli in pneumonia-prone age groups in semarang, indonesia
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Publication
Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Volume 51 - Issue 5 p. 1614- 1616
Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) cause many cases of pneumonia in Indonesia. We investigated nasopharyngeal carriage of GNB in Semarang, Indonesia. Klebsiella pneumoniae carriage in adults (15%) was higher than in children (7%) (P-0.004), while that of other GNB was comparable. Poor food and water hygiene are determinants of carriage of these bacteria.
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| doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00589-13, hdl.handle.net/1765/40142 | |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Farida, H., Severin, J., Gasem, M. H., Keuter, M., van den Broek, P., Hermans, P., … Verbrugh, H. (2013). Nasopharyngeal carriage of klebsiella pneumoniae and other gram-negative bacilli in pneumonia-prone age groups in semarang, indonesia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(5), 1614–1616. doi:10.1128/JCM.00589-13 |
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