Immune response status and development of streptococcus pneumoniae carriage as health risk factors for workers engaged in coke production and basic oxygen steelmaking
T.V. Bushueva,
E.P. Karpova,
N.A. Roslaya
et al.
Abstract:Occupational hazards affect immunological reactivity and increase the risk of infection with respiratory pathogens. The purpose of our work was to study the mechanisms and causes of developing carriage of streptococci possessing genetic determinants of resistance to antibiotics as health risk factors for workers engaged in coke production and basic oxygen steelmaking. We examined 136 workers of a ferrous metals industry and compared the prevalence of the carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus sp… Show more
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