TY - GEN AU - Coughtrie,A L AU - Whittaker,R N AU - Begum,N AU - Anderson,R AU - Tuck,A AU - Faust,S N AU - Jefferies,J M AU - Yuen,H M AU - Roderick,P J AU - Mullee,M A AU - Moore,M V AU - Clarke,S C TI - Evaluation of swabbing methods for estimating the prevalence of bacterial carriage in the upper respiratory tract: a cross sectional study SN - 2044-6055 PY - 2015///0630 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Bacterial Infections KW - diagnosis KW - Carrier State KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Female KW - Haemophilus influenzae KW - isolation & purification KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Infant, Newborn KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Moraxella catarrhalis KW - Mouth KW - microbiology KW - Nasal Cavity KW - Nasopharynx KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - Pilot Projects KW - Pseudomonas aeruginosa KW - Self Care KW - Specimen Handling KW - methods KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - United Kingdom KW - Young Adult N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005341 ER -