Lack of Association between the Nasopharyngeal Carriage of<i>Streptococcus</i><i>pneumoniae</i>and<i>Staphylococcus</i><i>aureus</i>in HIV‐1–Infected South African Children

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We investigated the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in 355 children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Of the children, 239 (67.3%) were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 positive; 169 (47.6%) carried S. pneumoniae, 91 (25.6%) carried S. aureus, and 33 (9.3%) carried both. S. pneumoniae carriage was not related to HIV-1 status. The HIV-1-positive children had a...

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