Lack of utility of serotyping multiple colonies for detection of simultaneous nasopharyngeal carriage of different pneumococcal serotypes

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000 Oct;19(10):1017-20. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00019.

Authors

R E Huebner¹, R Dagan, N Porath, A D Wasas, K P Klugman

Affiliation

¹ MCR/SAIM/WITS Pneumococcal Diseases Research Unit, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg. robinh@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za

PMID: 11055610
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00019

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Carrier State / microbiology*
Child, Preschool
Culture Media
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Nasopharynx / microbiology*
Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
Serotyping
South Africa
Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
Streptococcus pneumoniae / growth & development
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification

Substances

Culture Media