PMID- 17642526
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071102
LR  - 20121115
IS  - 1344-6304 (Print)
IS  - 1344-6304 (Linking)
VI  - 60
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Jul
TI  - Carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae among preschool children in Turkey.
PG  - 179-82
AB  - This study was designed to determine the prevalence of healthy Haemophilus 
      influenzae carriers in a random sample of the preschool population in Kayseri, 
      Turkey. The lack of H. influenzae type b (Hib) disease surveillance and 
      epidemiological data on the throat carriage of Turkish children has caused a 
      delay in the introduction of conjugated Hib vaccination into proposed national 
      vaccination programs. Oropharyngeal cultures were collected and cultured on 
      chocolate agar supplemented with 260 microg/ml bacitracin from 683 children 
      between May and June, 2006. One hundred seven (15,6%) of the 683 children studied 
      were found to be as H. influenzae carriers, and 29 (4,2%) isolates were serotype 
      b. Beta-lactamase production was detected in four isolates (3.7%). According to 
      multivariate analysis, the sex of the child and the number of people sharing the 
      same room with the child significantly influenced the odds of carrying H. 
      influenzae. Age, having older siblings, passive smoking, respiratory infection 
      during the last 30 days, number of people in the household, attending 
      kindergarten or a day-care center, and household income were not significant 
      variables. Our results suggest that there is a strong relationship between 
      exposure to large numbers of children and H. influenzae carriage.
FAU - Oguzkaya-Artan, Muge
AU  - Oguzkaya-Artan M
AD  - Halil Bayraktar Health Services Vocational College, Erciyes University, Kayseri, 
      Turkey. martan@erciyes.edu.tr
FAU - Baykan, Zeynep
AU  - Baykan Z
FAU - Artan, Cem
AU  - Artan C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Japan
TA  - Jpn J Infect Dis
JT  - Japanese journal of infectious diseases
JID - 100893704
RN  - 0 (Haemophilus Vaccines)
RN  - 0 (Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine)
RN  - 0 (Polysaccharides, Bacterial)
RN  - EC 3.5.2.6 (beta-Lactamases)
SB  - IM
MH  - Bacterial Capsules
MH  - Carrier State/*epidemiology/microbiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Haemophilus Infections/*epidemiology/microbiology/transmission
MH  - Haemophilus Vaccines/economics/therapeutic use
MH  - Haemophilus influenzae/enzymology/*isolation & purification
MH  - Haemophilus influenzae type b/enzymology/isolation & purification
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Oropharynx/microbiology
MH  - Polysaccharides, Bacterial/economics/therapeutic use
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
MH  - beta-Lactamases/biosynthesis/metabolism
EDAT- 2007/07/24 09:00
MHDA- 2007/11/06 09:00
CRDT- 2007/07/24 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/11/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/24 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Jpn J Infect Dis. 2007 Jul;60(4):179-82.