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. 2018 Oct;92(2):133-135.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.05.007. Epub 2018 Jun 5.

Nasal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza

Aaron Campigotto  1 , Andrew E Simor  2 , Allison McGeer  3 , Alexander Kiss  4 , Samira Mubareka  5
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Nasal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza

Aaron Campigotto et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Nasopharyngeal swabs from 148 adult patients with influenza were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for Staphylococcus aureus and or Streptococcus pneumoniae. We found that patients colonized with S. pneumoniae were younger, had lower oxygen saturations, and were more likely to require admission to critical care.

Keywords: Coinfection; Influenza virus; Nasal colonization; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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