Upper respiratory tract bacterial carriage in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a semi-arid area of Western Australia

K Watson, K Carville, J Bowman, P Jacoby… - The Pediatric …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella
catarrhalis are associated with otitis media (OM). Indigenous children experience …

Bacterial colonization of the nasopharynx predicts very early onset and persistence of otitis media in Australian aboriginal infants

AJ Leach, JB Boswell, V Asche… - The Pediatric …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Otitis media (OM) develops in the first months of life and persists throughout childhood in
many rural Aboriginal children. We have followed Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants from …

Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related bacteria in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children

P Jacoby, KS Carville, G Hall, TV Riley… - The Pediatric …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and nontypeable
Haemophilus influenzae is associated with otitis media (OM). Data are limited on risk factors …

Infection is the major component of the disease burden in aboriginal and non-aboriginal Australian children: a population-based study

KS Carville, D Lehmann, G Hall, H Moore… - The Pediatric …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Infection accounts for the majority of pediatric mortality and morbidity in
developing countries, but there are limited data on the infectious diseases burden in …

Upper airway carriage by Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Australian aboriginal children hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infection.

M Gratten, K Manning, J Dixon, F Morey… - The Southeast Asian …, 1994 - europepmc.org
When nasopharyngeal secretions from 171 Australian Aboriginal children hospitalized with
acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) were cultured selectively for Streptococcus …

The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children

HC Moore, P Jacoby, A Taylor, G Harnett… - The Pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Associations between respiratory viruses and the bacterial pathogens
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis may be …

Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media

H Smith-Vaughan, R Byun, M Nadkarni… - BMC Ear, Nose and …, 2006 - Springer
Background Nasal colonisation with otitis media (OM) pathogens, particularly Streptococcus
pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, is a precursor to the onset …

Modelling the co-occurrence of Streptococcus pneumoniae with other bacterial and viral pathogens in the upper respiratory tract

P Jacoby, K Watson, J Bowman, A Taylor, TV Riley… - Vaccine, 2007 - Elsevier
Otitis media (OM) is a major burden for all children, particularly for Australian Aboriginal
children. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Haemophilus influenzae and …

The burden and outcome of respiratory tract infection in Australian and aboriginal children

AJ Leach, PS Morris - The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2007 - journals.lww.com
The burden of otitis media in developing and disadvantaged populations is substantial. This
article looks at that burden in developed affluent and indigenous populations (in Australia) …

Etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection in Central Australian Aboriginal children

P Torzillo, J Dixon, K Manning, S Hutton… - The Pediatric …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Background. Aboriginal children in central Australia have attack rates for acute lower
respiratory tract infection (ALRI) that are similar to those in developing countries. Although …