Objective
The aim of this study was to determine the colonization rate of
Streptococcus pneumoniae
, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Results
Out of 317 study participants, 68 (21.5%) were colonized with
S. pneumoniae
. Colonization rate was significantly associated with factors such as age (3 to 4 years old) (P = 0.01), having a sibling whose age was less than 5 years (P = 0.011), sharing a bed with parents (P = 0.005), cooking within bedroom (P = 0.002), and previous hospitalization (P = 0.004). Forty-four (64.6%), 33 (48.5%), and 2942.6%) of
S. pneumoniae
isolated were resistant to cotrimoxazole, penicillin, and tetracycline respectively.
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