Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and antibiotic susceptibility among Indonesian pilgrims during the Hajj pilgrimage in 2015
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Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in pilgrims during the 2012 Hajj.
To investigate the nasal carriage of some respiratory bacterial pathogens that are responsible for infections associated with person-to-person transmission, we conducted a cohort survey of pilgrims departing to Mecca for the 2012 Hajj season. In this report, we demonstrate the acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasal carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims.
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246122