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