Open AccessMultiple Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes in Aural Discharge Samples from Children with Acute Otitis Media with Spontaneous Otorrhea
Author(s) -
Fernanda Rodrigues,
Begonia MoralesAza,
Katy Turner,
Paulina Sikora,
Katherine A. Gould,
Jason Hinds,
Guilherme Gonçalves,
Luís Januário,
Adam Finn
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01303-13
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , serotype , acute otitis media , otitis , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcaceae , medicine , pneumococcal infections , streptococcus , biology , bacteria , surgery , antibiotics , genetics
Among 55 children with cultures positive for acute otitis media with spontaneous otorrhea, 28 (51%) had cultures positive for aural Streptococcus pneumoniae, and in 10 of these, two distinct strains were detected, in which 5 had pairs of strains that were both capsule-bearing serotypes. Such cases were more likely to have cultures positive for other otopathogens than those with only one pneumococcus present.
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