Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia.

Schaumburg, F

Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia. [electronic resource] - Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Mar 2013 - 235-41 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1469-0691

10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03771.x doi


Anemia, Sickle Cell--complications
Anti-Bacterial Agents--pharmacology
Bacterial Capsules--classification
Bacterial Infections--epidemiology
Carrier State--epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gabon--epidemiology
Haemophilus influenzae--isolation & purification
Humans
Male
Nasal Mucosa--microbiology
Pharynx--microbiology
Prevalence
Serotyping
Staphylococcus aureus--isolation & purification
Streptococcus pneumoniae--isolation & purification