TY - JOUR AU - Levine, Orin S. AU - Liu, Gang AU - Garman, Robert L. AU - Dowell, Scott F. AU - Yu, Sangie AU - Yang, Yong-Hong T1 - Haemophilus influenzae Type B and Streptococcus pneumoniae as Causes of Pneumonia among Children in Beijing, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 165 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine if Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and S. pneumoniae could be identified more often from the nasopharynx of patients with pneumonia than from control patients, we obtained nasopharyngeal swab specimens from 96 patients with chest x-ray-confirmed pneumonia and 214 age-matched control patients with diarrhea or dermatitis from the outpatient department at Beijing Children's Hospital. Pneumonia patients were more likely to be colonized with Hib and S. pneumoniae than control patients, even after the data were adjusted for possible confounding factors such as day-care attendance, the presence of other children in the household, and recent antibiotic use. In China, where blood cultures from pneumonia patients are rarely positive, the results of these nasopharyngeal cultures provide supporting evidence for the role of Hib and S. pneumoniae as causes of childhood pneumonia. KW - Haemophilus influenza type B KW - streptococcus pneumoniae KW - pneumonia KW - children KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid0602.000209 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/2/00-0209_article ER - End of Reference