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Validation of Nasopharyngeal Sampling and Culture Techniques for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children in Kenya

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We compared nasopharyngeal swabs against nasal wash cultures for detecting colonizing pneumococci and examined the effect of frozen storage in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerin on culture. Among the 55 children with positive nasal wash cultures, swab cultures were positive for 47 (85%). Of the 96 swabs positive on direct plating, 94 (98%) were positive when recultured after freezing.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01393-07

Authors: Osman Abdullahi, Eva Wanjiru, Robert Musyimi, Nina Glass, J. Anthony G. Scott

Institutions: Kenya Medical Research Institute, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Wellcome Trust