Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infection.
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1990-06-01
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The incidence of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under 5 years was carried out by throat swab culture, blood culture, body fluid or tissue culture in 688 patients from a community, 744 patients from a teaching hospital in Bangkok, 766 normal children from the community and 303 children from a hospital well baby clinic. H. influenzae was found in the throats of 15-20% of patients and in the throats of 4-6% of normal children (p less than 0.001 for both hospital and community patients). Only 12/332 strains (3.6%) of H. influenzae were type b. The rest of H. influenzae were non type b. The most common biotype of H. influenzae non type b was biotype II. S. pneumoniae was found in hospital patients in highly significant numbers compared to the controls (12% vs 4%). No significant difference was observed in strains from the community patients.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Jayanetra P, Vorachit M, Rittaporn A, Nawaniruttisai A, Suwanjutha S, Vathanophas K, Wasi C. Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infection. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1990 Jun; 21(2): 195-202