Cross-sectional study of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in the conjugate vaccine era.

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients have an increased rate of pneumococcal infections. Within the HIV-infected population, patients with low CD4(+) cell counts have a higher rate of pneumococcal infection. The purpose of our study was to determine pneumococcal carriage and to examine the serotypes carried by HIV-infected patients after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine. Nasopharyngeal...

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