Prevalence of Escherichia coli carriage in the oropharynx of ambulatory children and adults with and without upper respiratory symptoms

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Mar;12(3):461-3. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201412-586LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oropharynx / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial