Article
Profiling the Nasopharyngeal Microbiome in Patients with Community- Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: Diagnostic Challenges and Ecological Insights
2024-12-17
Abstract excerpt
<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant health threat for adults. Although conjugate vaccines have reduced pneumococcal CAP incidence in children, <italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae</italic>-related CAP remains prevalent among older adults. The nasopharynx acts as a reservoir for <italic>S. pneumoniae</italic>, yet the interplay between this pathogen and the nasoph...
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- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8407bf9c-9b0b-51ca-bcaa-fd6b8899daca
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5432420/v1
