Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in pilgrims during the 2012 Hajj

To investigate the nasal carriage of some respiratory bacterial pathogens that are responsible for infections associated with person-to-person transmission, we conducted a cohort survey of pilgrims departing to Mecca for the 2012 Hajj season. In this report, we demonstrate the acquisition of Strepto...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2014-02, Vol.58 (4), p.e106-e109
Hauptverfasser:	Benkouiten, Samir, Gautret, Philippe, Belhouchat, Khadidja, Drali, Tassadit, Salez, Nicolas, Memish, Ziad A, Al Masri, Malak, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Brouqui, Philippe
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial infections Carrier State - epidemiology Carrier State - microbiology Cohort Studies Crowding Disease transmission Gram-positive bacteria Humans Longitudinal Studies Nasal Mucosa - microbiology Pilgrims Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Prospective Studies Respiratory diseases Saudi Arabia - epidemiology Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Travel
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