Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an urban slum community

Summary Background Inhabitants of slum settlements represent a significant proportion of the population at risk for pneumococcal disease in developing countries. Methods We conducted a household survey of pneumococcal carriage among residents of a slum community in the city of Salvador, Brazil. Resu...

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Published in:The Journal of infection 2008-09, Vol.57 (3), p.204-213
Main Authors: Reis, Joice Neves, Palma, Tania, Ribeiro, Guilherme S, Pinheiro, Ricardo M, Ribeiro, Cassio Tâmara, Cordeiro, Soraia Machado, da Silva Filho, H.P, Moschioni, Monica, Thompson, Terry A, Spratt, Brian, Riley, Lee W, Barocchi, Michele A, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibiotic resistance
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil - epidemiology
Carrier State - epidemiology
Carrier State - microbiology
Carrier State - transmission
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
General aspects
Genotype
Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Meningococcal Vaccines - immunology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nasopharyngeal carriage
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines
Pneumococcal Vaccines - immunology
Poverty Areas
Risk Factors
Schools
Serotyping
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
Urban slums
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Summary:Summary Background Inhabitants of slum settlements represent a significant proportion of the population at risk for pneumococcal disease in developing countries. Methods We conducted a household survey of pneumococcal carriage among residents of a slum community in the city of Salvador, Brazil. Results Among 262 subjects, 95 (36%) were colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae . Children
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1016/j.jinf.2008.06.017