942
Views
42
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

The prevalence of potential pathogenic bacteria in nasopharyngeal samples from healthy children and adults

Pages 13-17 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

References

  • Söderström M, Hovelius B, Prellner K, Schalén C. Quan-tification of nasopharyngeal bacteria for diagnosis of res-piratory tract infection in children. Scand J Infect Dis 1990;22:333–7.
  • Faden H, Stanievich J, Brodsky L, Bernstein J, Ogra PL. Changes in nasopharyngeal flora during otitis media of childhood. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1990;9:623–6.
  • Mölstad S, Eliasson I, Hovelius B, Kamme C, Schalén C. Beta-lactamase production in the upper respiratory tract flora in relation to antibiotic consumption: a study in children attending day nurseries. Scand J Infect Dis 1988;20:329–34.
  • Schwartz RH, Rodriguez WJ. Hemophilus species in the pharynx. Comparison of sampling sites. Arch Otolaryngol 1984;110:676–8.
  • Trottier S, Stenberg K, Svanborg-Edén C. Turnover of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae in the nasopharynges of healthy children. J Clin Microbiol—9.
  • Brorson JE, Malmvall BE. Branhamella catarrhalis and other bacteria in the nasopharynx of children with long-standing cough. Scand J Infect Dis 1981;13:111–3.
  • Krantz I, Alestig K, Trollfors B, Zackrisson G. The carrier state in pertussis. Scand J Infect Dis 1986;18:121–3.
  • Box QT, Cleveland RT, Willard CY. Bacterial flora of the upper respiratory tract. Comparative evaluation by ante-rior nasal, oropharyngeal, and nasopharyngeal swabs. Am J Dis Child 1961;102:39–47.
  • Howard AJ, Dunkin KT, Millar GW. Nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of Haemophilus influenzae in healthy children. Epidemiol Infect 1988;100:193–203.
  • Fragoso MA, Manning L, Frenkel LD. Can parents do a throat culture? Pediatr Infect Dis J 1989;8:845–7.
  • Strangert K. Infections in young children attending day-care centers. Stockholm: Department of Paediatrics, Karolinska Hospital, 1976 [dissertation].
  • Rosen C, Christensen P, Hovelius B, Preliner K. A longitu-dinal study of the nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci as related to pneumococcal vaccination in children attend-ing day-care centres. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1984;98:524–32.
  • Schwan A, Eriksson M, Eriksson BM, Carlson U, Petter-son E, Sandblom M, et al. Colonization with potentially pathogenic respiratory tract bacteria. A household study. Scand J Prim Health Care 1989;7:203–9.
  • Harsten G, Prellner K, Heldrup J, Kalm 0, Kornfält R. Acute respiratory tract infections in early childhood. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl (Stockh) 1992;492:72–4.
  • Darelid J, L8fgren S, Malmvall BE. Erythromycin treat-ment is beneficial for longstanding Moraxella catarrhalis associated cough in children. Scand J Infect Dis —9.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.