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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Lack of association between the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-1-infected South African children
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 194, No. 3, Year 2006
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We investigated the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in 355 children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Of the children, 239 (67.3%) were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 positive; 169 (47.6%) carried S. pneumoniae, 91 (25.6%) carried S. aureus, and 33 (9.3%) carried both. S. pneumoniae carriage was not related to HIV-1 status. The HIV-1-positive children had a significantly higher rate of S. aureus carriage than did the HIV-1-negative children (31.4% vs. 13.8%; P < .001). The rate of S. aureus carriage in the HIV-1-negative S. pneumoniae carriers was significantly lower than that in the noncarriers (5.5% vs. 21.3%; P = .013), but the rate of S. aureus carriage in the HIV-1-positive S. pneumoniae carriers was not significantly lower than that in the noncarriers (26.3% vs. 36.0%; P = .11). We did not find a negative association between S. pneumoniae and S. aureus carriage in HIV-1-positive hospitalized children with severe pneumonia. © 2006 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
McNally, Lisa M.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
South Africa, Durban
The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Belgium, Rixensart
Glaxosmithkline Biologicals S.a.
Jeena, Prakash Mohan
South Africa, Durban
The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Gajee, Kavitha
South Africa, Durban
The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Sturm, Adriaan Willem
South Africa, Durban
The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Tomkins, Andrew Marvin
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Coovadia, Hoosen Mahomed
South Africa, Durban
The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Goldblatt, David L.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Statistics
Citations: 79
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/505076
ISSN:
00221899
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health