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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children from day-care centers in Smolensk

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2020; 22(2):149-153

10.36488/cmac.2020.2.149-153

Objective. To investigate a nasopharyngeal carriage and serotypes of S. pneumoniae in children aged 3 to 6 years from day-care centers in Smolensk. Materials and Methods. A total of 245 isolates of S. pneumoniae from 1027 nasopharyngeal swabs from healthy children attending day-care centers was tested. Identification of S. pneumoniae was performed according morphological, cultural and antigenic characteristics (Slidex pneumo-Kit, bioMeriеux, France), susceptibility to optohin and bile. Extraction of S.

Resultst of the Multicentre study of Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from Healthy Children in Day-Care Centers

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2002; 4(1):33-41

The rates of nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae and epidemiology of its antimicrobial resistance in healthy children from day-care centers have been investigated. The overall rate of nasopharyngeal H.influenzae carriage was 44%. The …

Enterococcal Carriage and Antimicrobial Resistance in Premature Born Unit

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2001; 3(1):28-38

Sensitivity of 100 enterococcal strains isolated from faeces in premature born unit to 15 antimicrobial agents has been studied. 33 strains of Enterococcus faecalis, 61 strains of Enterococcus faecium, 4 strains of Enterococcus casseliflavus and 2 …