Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in health care professionals at a tertiary university pediatric hospital

• Published in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 971 - 976
• Main Authors: Steurer, Lisa-Maria, Hetzmannseder, Mathias, Willinger, Birgit, Starzengruber, Peter, Mikula-Pratschke, Claudia, Kormann-Klement, Andrea, Weber, Michael, Berger, Angelika, Grill, Agnes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antisera; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brief Report; Children; Colonization; Culture; Health care; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology; Pediatrics; Respiratory tract; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Serotypes; Serotyping; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccines; Pneumococci; Healthcare professionals; Pediatric hospital; Pneumococcal transmission; Pneumococcal carriage; Pneumococcal serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a commensal of the human upper respiratory tract. In certain cases, it can lead to serious invasive infections peaking in very young children and the elderly. Especially young children are frequent carriers and are thus regarded as the reservoir for horizontal transmissio...