Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 59, No. 5, Year 2014
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Molecular analyses of lung aspirates from Gambian children with severe pneumonia detected pathogens more frequently than did culture and showed a predominance of bacteria, principally Streptococcus pneumoniae, >75% being of serotypes covered by current pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Multiple pathogens were detected frequently, notably Haemophilus influenzae (mostly nontypeable) together with S. pneumoniae. © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Available Materials
https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC4130311/bin/ciu384_Supplementary_Data.zip
Authors & Co-Authors
Howie, Stephen R.C.
Unknown Affiliation
Morris, Gerard A.J.
Unknown Affiliation
Tokarz, Rafal
Unknown Affiliation
Ebruke, Bernard Ese
Unknown Affiliation
Machuka, Eunice M.
Unknown Affiliation
Ideh, Readon C.
Unknown Affiliation
Chimah, Osaretin U.
Unknown Affiliation
Secka, Ousman O.
Unknown Affiliation
Townend, John A.
Unknown Affiliation
Dione, Michel Maïnack
Unknown Affiliation
Oluwalana, Claire
Unknown Affiliation
Njie, Malick
Unknown Affiliation
Jallow, Mariatou
Unknown Affiliation
Hill, Philip C.
Unknown Affiliation
Antonio, Martin
Unknown Affiliation
Greenwood, Brian M.
Unknown Affiliation
Briese, Thomas C.
Unknown Affiliation
Mulholland, Edward Kim
Unknown Affiliation
Corrah, Tumani P.
Unknown Affiliation
Lipkin, W. Ian
Unknown Affiliation
Adegbola, Richard A.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 61
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/cid/ciu384
ISSN:
10584838
e-ISSN:
15376591
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Gambia