Most of the current evidence regarding pneumococcal upper respiratory colonization in adults suggests that despite high disease burden, carriage prevalence is low. Contemporary studies on adult pneumococcal colonization have largely followed the pediatric approach by which samples are obtained mostly from the nasopharynx and bacterial detection is evaluated by routine culture alone. Recent evidence suggests that the 'pediatric approach' may be insufficient in adults and pneumococcal detection in this population may be improved by longitudinal studies that include samples from additional respiratory sites combined with more extensive laboratory testing.

Upper respiratory tract colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults / Arguedas, Adriano; Trzciński, Krzysztof; O'Brien, Katherine L; Ferreira, Daniela M; Wyllie, Anne L; Weinberger, Daniel; Danon, Leon; Pelton, Stephen I; Azzari, Chiara; Hammitt, Laura L; Sá-Leão, Raquel; Brandileone, Maria-Cristina C; Saha, Samir; Suaya, Jose; Isturiz, Raul; Jodar, Luis; Gessner, Bradford D. - In: EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES. - ISSN 1744-8395. - STAMPA. - 19:(2020), pp. 353-366. [10.1080/14760584.2020.1750378]

Upper respiratory tract colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults

Azzari, Chiara;
2020

Abstract

Most of the current evidence regarding pneumococcal upper respiratory colonization in adults suggests that despite high disease burden, carriage prevalence is low. Contemporary studies on adult pneumococcal colonization have largely followed the pediatric approach by which samples are obtained mostly from the nasopharynx and bacterial detection is evaluated by routine culture alone. Recent evidence suggests that the 'pediatric approach' may be insufficient in adults and pneumococcal detection in this population may be improved by longitudinal studies that include samples from additional respiratory sites combined with more extensive laboratory testing.
2020
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Arguedas, Adriano; Trzciński, Krzysztof; O'Brien, Katherine L; Ferreira, Daniela M; Wyllie, Anne L; Weinberger, Daniel; Danon, Leon; Pelton, Stephen I...espandi
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