… Respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been underestimated in adults.
Contemporary pneumococcal carriage studies in adults that collect samples … respiratory samples …

… and 55% of throat swab samples tested positive. The sputum PCR positivity rate is similar to
… of these respiratory samples is not a reliable tool for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia …

… Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the leading bacterial cause of infection
worldwide, ranging from common infections such as otitis media to life-threatening invasive …

… the 19 patients in whom other pathogens or upper respiratory tract floras only were isolated.
The … pneumoniae in clinical samples. Streptococcus pneumoniae possesses an autolysin N-…

… detection of mitis group streptococci, which contain Streptococcus pneumoniae, have been
… show that for all respiratory samples from which S. pneumoniae or S. pseudopneumoniae …

… The respiratory tract commensal Streptococcus pneumoniae … acquired pneumonia (CAP)
and invasive pneumococcal … In Sweden, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (…

… the diagnostic strategy for pneumococcal infection can be improved with sampling for culture
prior to antibiotic treatment, while urine sampling for pneumococcal antigen should wait 24–…

… PCR (RQ-PCR) performed on lower respiratory tract samples to overcome this problem. …
are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (File, …

… different sampling methods for detecting pharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae
… versus oropharyngeal sampling for isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and …

… of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae detected by the four sampling
… In this study group, ie, infants and children with respiratory infection and secretions, the …