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Impact of respiratory viral infections on α-hemolytic streptococci and otopathogens in the nasopharynx of young children.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
January 2013
Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Rochester General Hospital Research Institute and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rochester, NY 14621, USA.
Background: We studied nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization in a cohort of children to determine the impact of viral upper respiratory infections (URIs) on nonpneumococcal α-hemolytic streptococci (AHS) and otopathogen colonization in association with acute otitis media (AOM).
Methods: NP samples were collected routinely when children were aged 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24 and 30 months and during episodes of AOM. NP samples were prospectively obtained from 248 children during a 5-year time span: 1018 during routine visits, 161 at the time of AOM and 59 at follow-up visits 3 weeks after AOM.