Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and serotypes indentified among nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly and patients younger than 65 years living in domestic environment

Kolšek-šušteršič Maja; Beg Krasnič Andreja; Mioč Verica; Paragi Metka; Rifel Janez

doi:10.1515/sjph-2017-0023

Slovenian Journal of Public Health (Sep 2017)

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and serotypes indentified among nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly and patients younger than 65 years living in domestic environment

Kolšek-šušteršič Maja,
Beg Krasnič Andreja,
Mioč Verica,
Paragi Metka,
Rifel Janez

Affiliations

Kolšek-šušteršič Maja: Community Health Centre Ljubljana, Metelkova 9, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Beg Krasnič Andreja: Community Health Centre Ljubljana, Metelkova 9, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mioč Verica: National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, Centre for Medical Microbiology, Department for Public Health Microbiology, Grablovičeva 44, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paragi Metka: National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, Centre for Medical Microbiology, Department for Public Health Microbiology, Grablovičeva 44, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rifel Janez: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0023
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 3
pp. 172 – 178

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In Slovenia, there is little data available on pneumococcal vaccination rates and no data on asymptomatic NPCR and serotypes in the population of nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly living in domestic environment, therefore the goal was to gain these data.

Published in Slovenian Journal of Public Health

ISSN: 1854-2476 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/SJPH

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