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. 2019 Jun 17;12(1):344.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4376-z.

Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

Aberash Assefa Haile  1 , Deresse Daka Gidebo  2 , Musa Mohammed Ali  2
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Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

Aberash Assefa Haile et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Results: Out of 317 study participants, 68 (21.5%) were colonized with S. pneumoniae. Colonization rate was significantly associated with factors such as age (3 to 4 years old) (P = 0.01), having a sibling whose age was less than 5 years (P = 0.011), sharing a bed with parents (P = 0.005), cooking within bedroom (P = 0.002), and previous hospitalization (P = 0.004). Forty-four (64.6%), 33 (48.5%), and 2942.6%) of S. pneumoniae isolated were resistant to cotrimoxazole, penicillin, and tetracycline respectively.

Keywords: Hawassa; Nasopharyngeal colonization; S. pneumoniae.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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