2001
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200103000-00014
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Abstract: South Indian infants experience high rates of pneumococcal carriage during the first 6 months of life, which may partially explain their increased risk for pneumonia.

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“…17e23 In some Asian and African countries such as India, 17 Indonesia, 18 Gambia, 19 and the carrier rates were 70.2, 48, and 90%, respectively, while in some European countries, like France, 20 and Finland, 22 it was lower (34 and 19.7%, respectively). In our study, this rate was 22.5%, similar to that seen in some European countries and lower than in many Asian nations.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…17e23 In some Asian and African countries such as India, 17 Indonesia, 18 Gambia, 19 and the carrier rates were 70.2, 48, and 90%, respectively, while in some European countries, like France, 20 and Finland, 22 it was lower (34 and 19.7%, respectively). In our study, this rate was 22.5%, similar to that seen in some European countries and lower than in many Asian nations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, in our case, all samples were obtained by physicians well acquainted with this technique. Other technical problems may arise, such as (i) different processing may be used, although in our case all specimens were processed within 24 h at the same laboratory following the same procedures; (ii) factors such as the age of the patient, nutritional status, and underlying disease have a major impact on microbial etiology associated with lower respiratory tract infections (8,9,21); and (iii) the immune response to various S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae antigens increases with age. In any case, none of these factors should have affected the sampling sites.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Infection with Pnc ranges from asymptomatic carriage through a variety of clinically mild, common mucosal infections (otitis media and sinusitis) to more serious, less common invasive presentations such as pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis [1,2]. Pnc carriage rates are generally far in excess of disease rates-with marked variation by age, serotype and geographical area [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”
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confidence: 99%