Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples.
Stephen RC Howie;
Gerard AJ Morris;
Rafal Tokarz;
Bernard E Ebruke;
Eunice M Machuka;
Readon C Ideh;
Osaretin Chimah;
Ousman Secka;
John Townend;
Michel Dione;
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Claire Oluwalana;
Malick Njie;
Mariatou Jallow;
Philip C Hill;
Martin Antonio 
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Brian Greenwood ;
Thomas Briese;
Kim Mulholland ;
Tumani Corrah;
W Ian Lipkin;
Richard A Adegbola;
(2014)
Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples.
Clinical infectious diseases, 59 (5).
pp. 682-685.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu384
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Brian Greenwood ;
Thomas Briese;
Kim Mulholland ;
Tumani Corrah;
W Ian Lipkin;
Richard A Adegbola;
(2014)
Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples.
Clinical infectious diseases, 59 (5).
pp. 682-685.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu384
Molecular analyses of lung aspirates from Gambian children with severe pneumonia detected pathogens more frequently than did culture and showed a predominance of bacteria, principally Streptococcus pneumoniae, >75% being of serotypes covered by current pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Multiple pathogens were detected frequently, notably Haemophilus influenzae (mostly nontypeable) together with S. pneumoniae.
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