Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Organisms in Children With Severe Pneumonia: Authors reply.
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takes time. Secondly, DNA PCR demonstrated lower sensitivities at birth and 4 weeks of 68.4% and 87.5%, respectively. One infant who was PCR negative at 6 weeks became positive during the second sampling after stopping breast feeds. This we attributed to breast feeding (25 % of total transmission). Moreover, we recommend further studies in Indian setting to assess the effect of formula feeding in HIV transmission, and overall mortality and morbidity.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 53 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016