PMID- 14627179
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20031216
LR  - 20070214
IS  - 1368-5031 (Print)
IS  - 1368-5031 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 8
DP  - 2003 Oct
TI  - Nasopharyngeal carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae in children aged 7-12 
      years in Turkey.
PG  - 686-8
AB  - This study was undertaken to determine the nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence of 
      Haemophilus spp. in children aged 7-12 years in Erzurum, Turkey. Three hundred 
      randomly selected students from three regions with different socioeconomic 
      properties were included in the study. Nasopharyngeal swabs taken from the 
      students were streaked into selective media for Haemophilus spp. Isolated 
      colonies were identified by macroscopic and microscopic examination and their X 
      and V factor needs determined. Those identified as H. influenzae were serotyped 
      by specific capsule antisera. Haemophilus spp. were recovered from 51 (17.0%), 
      nine (3.0%) of which were H. influenzae type b (Hib), 30 (10.0%) H. influenzae 
      non-type b, and 12 (4.0%) H. parainfluenzae. Results were evaluated by several 
      risk factors such as age, gender, number of siblings, siblings attending a 
      nursery, family smoking habits and family economic status.
FAU - Ayyildiz, A
AU  - Ayyildiz A
AD  - Department of Microbiology, Ataturk University Medical Faculty, Erzurum, Turkey.
FAU - Aktas, A E
AU  - Aktas AE
FAU - Yazgi, H
AU  - Yazgi H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Int J Clin Pract
JT  - International journal of clinical practice
JID - 9712381
SB  - IM
MH  - Carrier State/*epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Haemophilus Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - Haemophilus influenzae type b/*isolation & purification
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nasopharyngeal Diseases/*epidemiology/microbiology
MH  - Nasopharynx/microbiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
EDAT- 2003/11/25 05:00
MHDA- 2003/12/17 05:00
CRDT- 2003/11/25 05:00
PHST- 2003/11/25 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/12/17 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/11/25 05:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Clin Pract. 2003 Oct;57(8):686-8.