Co-carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae among children younger than 2 years of age in a rural population in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Shahira Shahid (Author), Muhammad Imran Nisar (Author), Fyezah Jehan (Author), Sheraz Ahmed (Author), Furqan Kabir (Author), Aneeta Hotwani (Author), Sahrish Muneer (Author), Muhammad Farrukh Qazi (Author), Sajid Muhammad (Author), Asad Ali (Author), Anita K.M. Zaidi (Author), Najeeha T. Iqbal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common colonizers of the human nasopharynx. In this study, we describe S. aureus nasopharyngeal carriage and evaluate its association with S. pneumoniae carriage post-10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) introduction in P...